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Childhood periodic syndromes and migraine

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Headache in the pediatric population remains substantially underdiagnosed and undertreated. The recently revised International Headache Society (IHS) criteria, The International Classification of Headache Disorders, is a step in the right direction to improve our diagnostic accuracy. In this article, the diagnostic issues related to childhood periodic syndromes and migraine in the IHS 2004 revisions are reviewed.

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Winner, P. Childhood periodic syndromes and migraine. Current Science Inc 9, 197–201 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-005-0062-z

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