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1: Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2004 Dec;8(6):500-4.Links

Tension-type headache in children and adolescents.

Anttila P.

Turku City Hospital, Child and Adolescent Health Care Unit, Kuralankatu1 20540 Turku, Finland. pirjoa.anttila@pp.fimnet.fi.

Although tension-type headache is at least as prevalent as migraine in children and adolescents, in contrast to migraine, childhood tension-type headache has received limited research attention. Follow-up studies have shown that migraine may reverse in tension-type headache and vice versa. In addition, children with frequent episodic tension-type headache may be at increased risk of chronic tension-type headache. It is very important to recognize these children and to intervene. Further studies are needed to clarify the pathophysiology of pediatric tension-type headache.

PMID: 15509465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]