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Migraine in children
Author(s) -
Isaacs David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.13800
Subject(s) - migraine , topiramate , medicine , placebo , amitriptyline , interim analysis , adverse effect , interim , clinical trial , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , psychiatry , alternative medicine , epilepsy , archaeology , pathology , optics , history , physics
Childhood migraine may present in a similar way to migraine in adults but non-headache and neurological symptoms (aura) may be more prominent than the headache. No formal classification of headaches specific to children exists. The International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) from the International Headache Society (IHS) defines migraine and recognises the childhood variants in its classification: [3]