Primary headache disorders in children under 7 years of age

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-29

  Ramdas, S ^a   Prasad, M ^a   Abu Arafeh, I ^a,b  

^a Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Headache; Migraine; Tension headache; Young children

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PIZOTIFEN;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF HEADACHE DISORDERS II; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PALLOR; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TENSION HEADACHE; VOMITING;

EID: 84878390291     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0036933012474591     Document Type: Article

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