Chronic daily headache in a paediatric headache centre |
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Authors: | C Scalas L Calistri |
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Institution: | (1) Centro Cefalee dell’Età Evolutiva, Clinica Pediatrica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria “Anna Meyer”, Via Luca Giordano 13, I-50132 Firenze, Italy |
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Abstract: | The prevalence and the
clinical features of chronic daily
headache (CDH) were studied in
968 children and adolescents
observed during a period of one
year in the Headache Centre of the
Anna Meyer Paediatric Hospital of
Florence. Nine hundred and fortyfour
patients (97.52%) had primary
headache according to ICHD-II, 24
subjects had secondary headache
and 56 patients had CDH (5.93%
of primary headaches). The mean
age of subjects with CDH was
higher than general (13.5 vs. 11.5
years), with a female preponderance
(69.6% vs. 30.4%). According
to the ICHD-II, headaches were
classified as chronic migraine in 10
patients (1.5.2 ICHD-II), chronic
tension-type headache in 36 (2.3
ICHD-II), new daily persistent
headache in 8 (4.8 ICHD-II) and 2
patients reported mixed pattern
(chronic migraine+chronic tension
type headache). Medication
overuse was not implicated in our
patients. |
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Keywords: | Chronic daily headache Children Juvenile headache Migraine Tension type headache |
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