title: Predicting menstrual migraine with a home-use fertility monitor.
abstract: A home-use fertility monitor was used to time perimenstrual prophylaxis in 27 women with menstrual or menstrually related migraine. Cycle length variability was mostly caused by follicular phase variability; the postovulatory luteal phase was relatively constant. The monitor accurately identified ovulation in >90% of cycles, enabling prediction of menstruation and precise timing of perimenstrual prophylaxis. Ninety-seven percent of women found the monitor useful in predicting menstrual migraine attacks.
authors.affiliation: The City of London Migraine Clinic, 22 Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6DX, UK. anne.macgregor@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
authors.forename: E Anne
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: MacGregor
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frith
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aspinall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004958:Estradiol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004970:Estrone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000652:urine; D005498:Follicular Phase; D005544:Forecasting; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000652:urine*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D010061:Ovulation Detection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011276:Pregnanediol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000652:urine; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011934:Reagent Strips; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D011934:Reagent Strips; C022270:pregnanediol-3 alpha-glucuronide; C015856:estrone-3-glucuronide; D004970:Estrone; D004958:Estradiol; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D011276:Pregnanediol