Tension-Type headache in children: The cinderella of headache disorders!

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 687-695

  Seshia, Shashi S ^a   Abu Arafeh, Ishaq ^b   Hershey, Andrew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; MELATONIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIRTAZAPINE; PARACETAMOL; PYROGLUTAMATE MAGNESIUM; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INDICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; ONSET AGE; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 70350335627     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100008295     Document Type: Review

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