1. Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia: A rare cause of headache in children.
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Stringer, Josephine A., Calvert, Sophie, and Sinclair, Adriane
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HEADACHE in children ,PEDIATRIC neurology ,CLUSTER headache ,BOYS ,HEADACHE ,SOCIETIES ,DISEASES ,ANALGESICS ,DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis ,LONGITUDINAL method ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,MIGRAINE ,RISK assessment ,TIME ,DISEASE relapse ,DISEASE remission ,SEVERITY of illness index ,PRIMARY headache disorders ,DISEASE complications - Abstract
The article describes the case of a two-year-old boy who was diagnosed of trigeminal autonomic cephalgia (TAC). Topics discussed include characteristics of TAC, definition given by the International Headache Society on TACs, and classifications of TACs including cluster headache (CH), paroxysmal hemicranias, and hemicrania continua.
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- 2018
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