City of London Migraine Clinic

Publications

Doctors at the clinic lecture regularly to and write articles for doctors in family and hospital practice as well as neurologists and headache experts; addresses are given mostly in hospitals but also at national and international conferences. Talks are also given to the general public, nurses and mixed audiences.

Doctors at the Clinic also undertake research projects resulting in many publications. A list of recent publications follows.

You can download our publications list here.

Books for the medical profession and the public

MacGregor Dr Anne. Understanding Migraine and Other Headaches. Family Doctor Publications (BMA) Updated 2006 ISBN: 1 903474 49 3

MacGregor Dr. Anne. Understanding the menopause and HRT. Family Doctor Publications (BMA). Updated 2006 ISBN: 1 903474 24 8

Peccarisi C, MacGregor A. Mal di testa, addio! Sperling & Kupfer 2006 ISBN: 88-6061-004-4

MacGregor Dr. Anne. Is HRT right for you? Sheldon Press 3rd Edition 2003

MacGregor Dr Anne. Migraine in Women. Martin Dunitz Revised Edition 2003 ISBN: 1-85317-744-X

Saper J, Biondi D, MacGregor A. Clinician’s Manual on Headache. Science Press 3rd edition 2001. ISBN: 1-85873-357-X

MacGregor EA. Managing Migraine in Primary Care. Blackwell Science 1999 ISBN: 0-632-05083-7

Keyser A, MacGregor EA (eds). Headache and Migraine 6. Anglo Dutch Migraine Association 1999 ISBN 90-3730-479-6

Peer Reviewed Journals

MacGregor A. Prescribing oral contraception. Prescriber 2008;19(7):44,46.

MacGregor EA. Menstrual Migraine. Current Opinion in Neurology 2008; 21(3): 309-15

Elkind AH, MacGregor EA. Frovatriptan for the acute treatment of migraine and prevention of predictable menstrual migraine. Expert Rev. Neurotherapeutics 2008: 8(4): 553–566

MacGregor EA. Migraine, the menopause and hormone replacement therapy: a clinical review. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007; 33(4): 245–249

MacGregor EA. Migraine and use of combined hormonal contraceptives: a clinical review. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007; 33(3): 159-169

MacGregor EA. Migraine in pregnancy and lactation: a clinical review. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007; 33(2): 83–93

MacGregor EA. Menstrual Migraine: a clinical review. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007; 33(1): 36–47

MacGregor EA. NICE guidance on LARC. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2006;32(1):52.

MacGregor EA, Frith A, Ellis J, Aspinall L, Hackshaw A. Incidence of migraine relative to menstrual cycle phases of rising and falling estrogen. Neurology 2006;67(12):2154-8.

MacGregor EA, Frith A, Ellis J, Aspinall L, Hackshaw A. Prevention of menstrual attacks of migraine: a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study. Neurology 2006;67(12):2159-63.

MacGregor EA. Migraine and the Menopause. J Brit Menopause Soc 2006;12(3):104-8

Thorne SA, MacGregor EA, Nelson-Piercy C, Risks of contraception & pregnancy in heart disease. Heart 2006;92: 1520-1525

MacGregor A. Combined and progestogen-only contraception. Prescriber 2006;17:52-61

Thorne S, Nelson-Piercy C, MacGregor A, Gibbs S, Crowhurst J, Panay N, Rosenthal E, Walker F, Williams D, de Swiet M, Guillebaud J. Pregnancy and contraception in heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2006; 32(2): 75–81

Blau JN. Feeling and seeing headaches. J Headache & Pain 2005; 6: 10-19.

Blau JN. Medical acronyms (Letter) J R Soc Med 2005;98: 45.

Blau JN. Water deprivation: a new migraine precipitant. Headache 2005; 45: 757-759.

MacGregor EA. Clinical aspects of premenstrual headache. Current Headache Reports 2005; 4(6):191-195

MacGregor EA. Female hormones and migraine. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2005;161:1-2.

MacGregor EA, Frith A, Ellis J, Apsinall L. Predicting menstrual migraine with a home-use fertility monitor. Neurology 2005;64:561-3.

MacGregor EA, Mishell Jr DR. Relation of Headache to Method of Contraception. Dialogues in Contraception 2005;9(3):5-7

MacGregor A. Diagnosing Migraine Aura. The Female Patient 2005;30: 45-50 (AMA/CME Test: pp51-52)

MacGregor EA, Clark B. Combined oral contraceptives and migraine: is there an increased risk of ischemic stroke? The Female Patient 2005;30(4):50-56.

Blau JN, Kell CA, Sperling JM. Water deprivation headache: A new headache with 2 variants. Headache 2004;44:79-83.

Blau JN. Harold G Wolff: The man and his migraine. Cephalalgia 2004;24:215-222.

Blau JN, Engel HO. Individualizing treatment with Verapamil for cluster headache patients. Headache 2004;44:1013-1018.

Blau JN. Migraine auras: facts and questions. Headache & pain 2004;15:59-64.
Blau JN. Pony-tail headache: A pure extracranial headache. Headache 2004;44:411-413.

MacGregor EA. A practical guide to menstrual migraine. Headache in Practice 2004; 1(2):8-10

MacGregor EA. How to manage migraine during pregnancy. Headache in Practice 2004; 1(3):1-4

MacGregor EA. Sumatriptan taken during the mild pain phase was more effective than Placebo for relief of menstrual migraine. Evidence-based Obstetrics & Gynecology 2004;6(3):139-140.

MacGregor EA. Oestrogen and attacks of migraine with and without aura. Lancet Neurol 2004;3:354-61.

MacGregor EA, Brandes J, Gendolla A, Giammarco R. Migraine treatment strategies: the global Migraine And Zolmitriptan Evaluation (MAZE) survey – Phase IV. Curr Med Res Opin 2004;20(11):1777-83.

MacGregor EA, Hackshaw A. Prevalence of migraine on each day of the natural menstrual cycle. Neurology 2004;63:351-3.

MacGregor EA, Brandes J, Eikermann A, Giammarco R. Impact of migraine and patients and their families: the Migraine And Zolmitriptan Evaluation (MAZE) survey – Phase III. Curr Med Res Opin 2004;20(7):1143-50.

Chapters in Books / Other Publications

MacGregor EA. Acute Migraine Attacks. In: Candelise L, Hughes R, Liberati A, Uitdehaag B, Warlow C. Management of Neurological Disorders: an evidence-based approach. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2007: 29-39

Steiner T.J. MacGregor E.A., Davies P. Guidelines for All Healthcare Professionals in the Diagnosis and Management of Migraine and Tension-Type, Cluster and Medication-Overuse Headache. British Association for the Study of Headache 2007. www.bash.org.uk

Blau JN. How do so many different triggers provoke similar migraine attacks? In Headache and Migraine 9.Sorbi MJ, Couturier EGM, & Mérelle SYM (Eds.) Utrecht: Anglo Dutch Migraine Association. 2006. 185-196

JN Blau In: Development of Physics Applied to Medicine in the UK 1945-1990 The transcript of a Witness Seminar held by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, on 5 July 2005 Eds DA Christie, Tansey EM Volume 28 2006: 72-73

Massiou H, MacGregor EA. Influence of female hormones on migraine. In: Olesen J, Tfelt-Hansen P, Welch KMA.The Headaches (Third Edition) Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006: 331-342

MacGregor EA. Menstrual Migraine. In: Rees M, Ravnikar V, Hope S (eds). The abnormal menstrual cycle. Taylor & Francis 2005:197-218.

MacGregor EA. The woman with monthly headaches. In: Purdy RA, Rapoport AM, Sheftell FD, Tepper SJ (eds). Advanced Therapy of Headache (Second Edition). Hamilton, BC Decker Inc, 2005; 31-37

MacGregor EA. Menstrual Migraine. In: Rees M, Ravnikar V, Hope S (eds). The abnormal menstrual cycle. Taylor & Francis 2005:197-218.

MacGregor EA. The woman with monthly headaches. In: Purdy RA, Rapoport AM, Sheftell FD, Tepper SJ (eds). Advanced Therapy of Headache (Second Edition). Hamilton, BC Decker Inc, 2005; 31-37

Blau JN. Possible benefits of migraine aura: A discussion paper. In: Headache and migraine. Couturier EGM, Sorbi MJ, Verspin ECB. Utrecht, Anglo-Dutch Migraine Association 2004:55-59.

Blau JN. Tension-type headache – nature and characteristics. A personal view. In: Proceedings 7th Congress of European Society Clinical Neuropharmacology. Battisini L (ed). Bologna, Medimond 2004: 155-162. Paper given in Trieste, Italy, May 5-9, 2004.

Loder EW, MacGregor EA. Menstrual Migraine. In: Loder EW, Marcus D. Migraine in Women. Hamilton, BC Decker Inc 2004;102-111

Blau JN, Merskey H. Cervicogenic headache: a critical view. In Cervicogenic Headache. Basic Concepts. Sjaastad O, Fredriksen TA, Bono G, Nappi G eds. London, Smith-Gordon 2003: 125-129.

Blau JN. Merskey H. Cervicogenic headache: A critical view. In: Cervicogenic headache. Basicconcepts. Sjaastad O, Fredriksen TA, Bono G, Nappi G, eds. London, Smith-Gordon 2003; 125-129.

Chauvet S, MacGregor EA. MIDAS as a tool for monitoring the benefits of treatment strategies over time. In: Olesen J, Steiner TJ, Liptons RB (eds) Frontiers in Headache Research Vol 11. Reducing the Burden of Headache. Oxford University Press 2003: 67-71.

Blau JN. Are basilar and hemiplegic migraine wrongly attributed ? In Headache and Migraine. Sorbi MJ, Couturier EGM, Cull RE. eds. Anglo-Dutch Migraine Association 2002: 212-216.

Mysterious migraine. Splitting Headaches. Pathways: The Novartis Journal 2002; 3: 36-41.

Blau J.N. Migraine is a soluble problem-but how? 7th Marcia Wilkinson Lecture In Headache and Migraine. Chronicle EP, Couturier EGM, Keyser (Eds) Nijmegen, Anglo-Dutch Migraine Association. 2001: 90-95.

Blau J.N., Paraja JA Differential diagnosis of Cluster Headache. In Cluster headache in general practice. Sjaastad O, Nappi G (Eds) London, Smith-Gordon 2001: 65-74.

Blau J.N. Drop Attacks: A Symptom of Undetermined Aetiology. CPD Bulletin (Neurology) 2001; 21: 8-83.

Blau J.N. What is migraine and what needs to be explained. CPD Bulletin (Neurology) 2000;2: 13-15.

Blau J.N. Sorting out headaches in the out-patient clinic. CPD Bulletin (Neurology) 1999; 1: 8-11.

Blau J.N. Unmixing Mixed Headaches: An Analytical Approach. In Headache and Migraine. Keyser A, MacGregor EA (Eds) Nijmegen, Anglo-Dutch Migraine Association. 1999: 90-95.

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