Circadian and seasonal variation of migraine attacks in children

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1571-1574

  Soriani, Stefano ^a   Fiumana, Elisa ^a   Manfredini, Roberto ^a   Boari, Benedetta ^a   Battistella, Pier Antonio ^b   Canetta, Elisabetta ^b   Pedretti, Stefania ^a   Borgna Pignatti, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Circadian rhythm; Headache; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; SEASONS;

EID: 33750869031     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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