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CDH in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients

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Abstract

Chronic daily headaches are a significant source of disability within the pediatric population. The classification of chronic daily headaches is similar to adults, with chronic daily headaches encompassing chronic migraine, chronic tension headache, and new daily persistent headache all with or without medication overuse. There is little high-quality research to help guide management of this group of patients, particularly the very young under the age of 12 years. However, there are still standard principals of management that can help address the severe impact these headaches can have on the patients and their caregivers.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Andrew D. Hershey

  2. Pediatrics, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Morristown, NJ, USA

    Shannon Babineau

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  1. Department of Headache and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Department of Headache and Pain Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Mark W. Green

  2. Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA

    Robert Cowan

  3. Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Neurology, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Frederick G. Freitag

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Hershey, A.D., Babineau, S. (2019). CDH in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients. In: Green, M., Cowan, R., Freitag, F. (eds) Chronic Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91491-6_10

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