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New Daily Persistent Headache: Historical Review and an Interview with Dr. Walter Vanast
Author(s) -
Robbins Matthew S.,
Vanast Walter J.,
Purdy R. Allan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/head.13103
Subject(s) - antecedent (behavioral psychology) , medicine , perspective (graphical) , pediatrics , psychiatry , psychology , developmental psychology , art , visual arts
New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is an idiopathic headache syndrome characterized by the abrupt onset of an unremitting, daily, continuous headache without an antecedent escalating headache pattern, and not attributable to other primary or secondary headache disorders. We review the history of NDPH in terms of its characterization and classification, and then interview Dr. Walter Vanast, the neurologist who initially described NDPH three decades ago, to gain his perspective now that there is more widespread recognition and interest in this syndrome.