Do children and adolescents have chronic daily headaches? yes!

Current Pain and Headache Reports - Tập 9 - Trang 358-362 - 2005
Steven L. Linder1
1Dallas Pediatric Neurology Associates, Dallas, USA

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Chronic daily headaches in children and adolescents appear to have been increasing throughout the past few decades. The diagnosis, classification, treatment, and longterm prognosis continue to be poorly understood. Recent epidemiologic studies and updated classifications have been done in this area, but further work is needed to help these children.

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