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Scientific evidences supporting the impact of migraine and other recurrent and chronic headache on child emotional regulation and behavioral control are more robust and widely recognized than those indicating a possible impairment in cognitive functioning. However, in this chapter we review the evidences from clinical and population studies supporting the impact of headache, mainly migraine, on school achievement as well as the possible comorbidity between migraine headache and learning disorders in general. In our revision, we have not found any study focusing on specific learning disorders like dyslexia and dyscalculia in children with migraine. The clinical implications of the findings are discussed, and a proposal for clinical approach is presented.
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Genizi, J., Arruda, M.A. (2017). Comorbidity with Learning Disabilities. In: Guidetti, V., Arruda, M., Ozge, A. (eds) Headache and Comorbidities in Childhood and Adolescence. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54726-8_17
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