1. Chronic Migraine in Children and Adolescents.
- Author
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Özge A and Yalin OÖ
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Brazil epidemiology, Child, Chronic Disease, Comorbidity, France epidemiology, Humans, Migraine Disorders diagnosis, Migraine Disorders prevention & control, Norway epidemiology, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Sickness Impact Profile, Taiwan epidemiology, United States epidemiology, Behavior Therapy, Migraine Disorders epidemiology, Quality of Life
- Abstract
Chronic migraine is defined as having more than 15 headache days in a month, half of these showing migraine features, for at least 3 months. It is a chronic painful syndrome with aspects such as psychiatric comorbid, decreased quality of life, and environmental and intrinsic psychological factors that make face-to-face treatment difficult. Children and adolescent migraine differ from adults as a result of growing brain and evolving disorder. In this paper, we will emphasize the definition, diagnosis, epidemiology, burden of life, and management of chronic migraine in children and adolescent.
- Published
- 2016
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