Article
Comorbidity between headache and epilepsy in a pediatric headache center.
The journal of headache and pain - 1 Jun 2010
Toldo Irene, Perissinotto Egle, Menegazzo Francesca, Boniver Clementina, Sartori Stefano, Salviati Leonardo, Clementi Maurizio, Montagna Pasquale, Battistella Pier Antonio
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to analyse the comorbidity between headache and epilepsy in a large series of children with headache (1,795). Fifty-six cases (3.1%) suffered from idiopathic headache and idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy or unprovoked seizures. There was a strong association between migraine and epilepsy: in migraineurs (46/56) the risk of epilepsy was 3.2 times higher when compared with...
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