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The Natural History of Episodic Cluster Headache
Author(s) -
Sacquegna T.,
Carolis P.,
Agati R.,
Capoa D.,
Baldrati A.,
Cortelli P.
Publication year - 1987
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/j.1526-4610.1987.hed2707370.x
Subject(s) - natural history , cluster headache , cluster (spacecraft) , medicine , duration (music) , pediatrics , migraine , physics , computer science , acoustics , programming language
SYNOPSIS We studied the course of episodic cluster headache in 72 patients. Sixty‐two cases (86%) had a regular frequency of clusters per year. Most patients suffered from 1 bout a year. A prolonged remission (> 1 year) did not change the frequency pattern of clusters per year. Fifty patients (69%) had a fixed pattern both of frequency and duration of bouts. Thirty‐seven patients (51%) had a regular frequency of bouts per year, a fixed duration of bouts and a fixed frequency of attacks a day. Our results show that the natural history of most cluster headache (CH) patients is characterized by a regular pattern.