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From 0° to 18°: how headache changes over time

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Recognize the presence of headache at early age is essential to prevent that the disorder interferes with physical, psychological and social functioning. However, there are several differences between adults and children in the clinical manifestation of headache such as quality and severity of pain, trigger, associated symptoms, gender, duration of attacks, number of daytime attacks, comorbidities and red flags of secondary headache. These differences can make the diagnosis more complex in early ages than in adults, so it is essential to know how headache changes over time to identify its presence in the earliest phases of childhood.

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    Vincenzo Guidetti & Noemi Faedda

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Guidetti, V., Faedda, N. From 0° to 18°: how headache changes over time. Neurol Sci 38 (Suppl 1), 103–106 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-2865-1

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