Headache and Comorbidity in Children and Adolescents

Overview

Journal J Headache Pain

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2013 Sep 26

PMID 24063537

Citations 69

Authors

Benedetta Bellini

Marco Arruda

Alessandra Cescut

Cosetta Saulle

Antonello Persico

Marco Carotenuto

Michela Gatta

Renata Nacinovich

Fausta Paola Piazza

Cristiano Termine

Elisabetta Tozzi

Franco Lucchese

Vincenzo Guidetti

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Abstract

Headache is one of the most common neurological symptom reported in childhood and adolescence, leading to high levels of school absences and being associated with several comorbid conditions, particularly in neurological, psychiatric and cardiovascular systems. Neurological and psychiatric disorders, that are associated with migraine, are mainly depression, anxiety disorders, epilepsy and sleep disorders, ADHD and Tourette syndrome. It also has been shown an association with atopic disease and cardiovascular disease, especially ischemic stroke and patent foramen ovale (PFO).

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