Primary headache: Role of investigations in a cohort of young children and adolescents

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 964-967

  Pavone, Piero ^a   Conti, Irene ^b   Le Pira, Alice ^b   Pavone, Lorenzo ^a   Verrotti, Alberto ^c   Ruggieri, Martino ^b,c  

^a University Hospital Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

childhood; headache; imaging; investigations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84255172680     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03493.x     Document Type: Article

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