Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of pediatric primary headaches
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Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of pediatric primary headaches
Primary headaches represent highly prevalent diseases in childhood and adolescence. Unlike in adulthood, in children the most common primary headache is migraine, while tension-type headache (TTH) is less diffused, especially up to 10 years of age. Cluster headache is to be considered exceptional, showing a prevalence of 0.1%. While in TTH painful attacks are often of weak intensity and do not ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-40-s1-a84