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Childhood Headaches

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Developmental-Behavioral Disorders

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Abstract

Headaches, one of the most frequent human discomforts, very commonly affect children. By 7 years of age, more than one-third of all children have experienced headaches and by 15 years of age, headaches have occurred in 75%. Headaches have many causes. This review will focus on several of the more important types, with particular emphasis on one of the most frequent varieties of childhood headache, and surely the most complex, childhood migraine.

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  1. Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Division of Pediatric Neurology, Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, USA

    N. Paul Rosman

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  1. Section of Developmental Pediatrics, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

    John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  3. Institute for Child Development, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

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Rosman, N.P. (1988). Childhood Headaches. In: Gottlieb, M.I., Williams, J.E. (eds) Developmental-Behavioral Disorders. Critical Issues in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0939-0_19

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