Chronic daily headache in children and adolescents

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-72

  Seshia, Shashi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Analgesics; Children; Chronic daily headache; Chronic migraine; Classification; Headache; International Classification of Headache Disorders; Medication overuse; New daily persistent headache; Nonpharmacologic treatment; Pharmacologic treatment; Stressors

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CYPROHEPTADINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; FLUNARIZINE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROXYZINE; INDOMETACIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIRTAZAPINE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; RIBOFLAVIN; TOPIRAMATE; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; UBIDECARENONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CHILD; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; COMORBIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DYSKINESIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEW DAILY PERSISTENT HEADACHE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SLEEP DISORDER; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84857634063     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-011-0228-9     Document Type: Article

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