Headache, epilepsy and photosensitivity: How are they connected?

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 469-476

  Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorothée G A ^a   Verrotti, Alberto ^c   Di Fonzo, Alessia ^c   Cantonetti, Laura ^d   Bruschi, Raffaella ^b   Chiarelli, Francesco ^c   Villa, Maria Pia ^b   Parisi, Pasquale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Headache; Hemicrania epileptica; Ictal epileptic headache; Migraine; Migralepsy; Peri ictal headache; Photosensitivity; PPR

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXCITABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 78650511543     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-010-0229-9     Document Type: Review

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