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, 2025, 'Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990-2023', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 86, pp. 2167 - 2243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.08.015
, 2025, 'Migraine management during pregnancy, breastfeeding and in women planning pregnancy', Cephalalgia an International Journal of Headache, 45, pp. 3331024251393945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024251393945
, 2025, 'Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023', Lancet, 406, pp. 1873 - 1922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01637-X
, 2025, 'Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023', Lancet, 406, pp. 1731 - 1810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01330-3
, 2025, 'Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023', Lancet, 406, pp. 1811 - 1872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01917-8
, 2025, 'The Validation of the Persian Version of the ID-Migraine Questionnaire', Medical Sciences Basel Switzerland, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medsci13040213
, 2025, 'Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Episodic Migraine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials †', Medical Sciences, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medsci13030084
, 2025, 'Blood pressure-lowering efficacy of antihypertensive drugs and their combinations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials', Lancet, 406, pp. 915 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00991-2
, 2025, 'Development of the Double-Blind, Randomized Trials of Effects of Antihypertensive Medicines (DREAM) Database and Characteristics of the Included Trials: Protocol for an Umbrella Review and Meta-Analyses.', JMIR Res Protoc, 14, pp. e65205, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/65205
, 2025, 'Internet and social media's role in migraine education: Headache or not headache?', Cephalalgia, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024251336152
, 2025, 'Setting higher standards for migraine prevention: A position statement of the International Headache Society', Cephalalgia, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024251320608
, 2025, 'Blood pressure lowering for prevention of episodic migraine: results of a pilot randomized, placebo-controlled trial of combination blood pressure lowering medication with propranolol', Frontiers in Neurology, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1630732
, 2025, 'Building community and visibility: A year of social media growth for Cephalalgia', Cephalalgia, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024241310519
, 2025, 'Global, regional, and national burden of headache disorders, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.', Lancet Neurol, 24, pp. 1005 - 1015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00402-8
, 2024, 'The burdens attributable to primary headache disorders in children and adolescents in Iran: estimates from a schools-based study', Journal of Headache and Pain, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10194-024-01789-0
, 2024, 'Time and headache: Insights into timing processes in primary headache disorders for diagnosis, underlying pathophysiology and treatment implications', Cephalalgia, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024241297652
, 2024, 'Blood pressure lowering efficacy of antihypertensive drugs and their combinations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 500 randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trials', EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.2594
, 2024, 'Preventive Medications in Pediatric Migraine: A Network Meta-Analysis', JAMA Network Open, 7, pp. e2438666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38666
, 2024, 'The effect of salt substitution on frequency and severity of headache: results from the SSaSS cluster-randomised controlled trial of 20,995 participants', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 78, pp. 401 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41430-024-01419-7
, 2024, 'Evaluating the efficacy of CGRP mAbs and gepants for the preventive treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of phase 3 randomised controlled trials (vol 43, 03331024231159366, 2023)', CEPHALALGIA, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024241255216
, 2023, 'The effect of blood pressure lowering medications on the prevention of episodic migraine: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Cephalalgia, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024231183166
, 2023, 'Evaluating the efficacy of CGRP mAbs and gepants for the preventive treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of phase 3 randomised controlled trials', Cephalalgia, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024231159366
, 2023, 'Efficacy, safety and indirect comparisons of lasmiditan, rimegepant, and ubrogepant for the acute treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of the literature', Cephalalgia, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024231151419
, 2023, 'Safety and tolerability of monoclonal antibodies targeting the CGRP pathway and gepants in migraine prevention: A systematic review and network meta-analysis', Cephalalgia, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024231152169
, 2022, 'Comment on ‘Is conventional brain MRI useful for the diagnosis of cluster headache in patients who meet ICHD-3 criteria? Experience in three hospitals in Spain’', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2022.120175
, 2022, 'Migraine management: Non-pharmacological points for patients and health care professionals', Open Medicine Poland, 17, pp. 1869 - 1882, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/med-2022-0598
, 2021, 'The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on migraine disorder', Journal of Neurology, 268, pp. 4429 - 4435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10590-x
, 2021, 'Comment on 'Clopidogrel can be an effective complementary prophylactic for drug-refractory migraine with patent foramen ovale'', Journal of Investigative Medicine, 69, pp. 411 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jim-2020-001687
, 2019, 'Body Mass Index and its Association with Migraine Characteristics in Female Patients', Archives of Iranian Medicine, 22, pp. 554 - 559
, 2017, 'Risk factors for migraine attacks in patients undergoing treatment for hepatitis C', Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.23285
, 2016, 'The effect of quercus brantii gall extract on burn wound healing in rat', Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 19, pp. 1144 - 1150, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijbms.2016.7741
, 2016, 'Is There an Inverse Relationship Between Migraine and Dietary Sodium Intake?', Headache, 56, pp. 1212 - 1213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/head.12848
, 2014, 'Association of the Long Pentraxin PTX3 Gene Polymorphism (rs3815627) with Migraine in Iranian Population (P6.206)', Neurology, 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/wnl.82.10_supplement.p6.206
, 2014, 'Investigation of Chemokine Receptor CCR2V64Il Gene Polymorphism and Migraine in Iranian Population (P6.208)', Neurology, 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/wnl.82.10_supplement.p6.208
, 2014, 'Reliability and validity of the migraine disability assessment scale among migraine and tension type headache in Iranian patients', Biomed Research International, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/978064
, 2014, 'Vitamin D status in migraine patients: A case-control study', Biomed Research International, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/514782
, 2014, 'Association between promoter region of the uPAR (rs344781) gene polymorphism in genetic susceptibility to migraine without aura in three Iranian hospitals', Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 120, pp. 45 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.02.003
, 2014, 'Association of heme oxygenase-1 gene promoter polymorphism and blood pressure in an Iranian population', Internal Medicine Journal, 44, pp. 931 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.12527
, 2014, 'Reliability and validity of the persian HIT-6 questionnaire in migraine and tension-type headache', Pain Practice, 14, pp. 625 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/papr.12120
, 2014, 'P893: Association between promoter region of the uPAR (rs344781) gene polymorphism in genetic susceptibility to migraine without aura in Iranian population', Clinical Neurophysiology, 125, pp. S285 - S285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1388-2457(14)50930-3
, 2013, 'Pistacia atlantica resin has a dose-dependent effect on angiogenesis and skin burn wound healing in rat', Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/893425
, 2013, 'The psychometric properties of the persian migraine-specific quality of life questionnaire version 2.1 in episodic and chronic migraines', Scientific World Journal, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/950245
, 2013, 'Relationship between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and migraine without aura in an Iranian population', Biomed Research International, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/351942
, 2013, 'Investigation of chemokine receptor CCR2V64Il gene polymorphism and migraine without aura in the iranian population', Scientific World Journal, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/836309
, 2012, 'Association between heme oxygenase-1 gene promoter polymorphisms and metabolic syndrome in Iranians', Molecular Biology Reports, 39, pp. 3355 - 3360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-011-1105-7
, 'Association between Ala379Val polymorphism of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and migraine without aura in Iranian population', IRANIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, 15, pp. 80 - 84