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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956395803321

Autore

Winner Paul, DO

Titolo

Headache in children and adolescents / / Paul Winner, Donald W. Lewis, A. David Rothner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamilton, Ont. ; ; London, : B C Decker, 2008

ISBN

1-282-27422-8

9786612274220

1-60795-067-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

618.928491

Soggetti

Headache in children

Headache in adolescence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Title and Front matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Epidemiology and Classification of Headache""; ""2. Evaluation of Headache""; ""3. Migraine and the Childhood Periodic Syndromes""; ""4. Other Primary Headaches in Children and Adolescents""; ""5. Video Demonstration of Headache Disorders""; ""6. Genetics of Migraine Headache""; ""7. Migraine Pathophysiology""; ""8. Chronic Daily Headache in Children and Adolescents""; ""9. Cluster and the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias""; ""10. Secondary Headaches in Children and Adolescents""

""11. Medical Causes of Headache""""12. Epilepsy and Migraine Headache""; ""13. Post-traumatic Headache""; ""14. Pharmacologic Treatment of Headache""; ""15. Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Headache: Hidden Opportunities""; ""16. Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Childhood Headaches""; ""17. Headache in the Pediatric Emergency Department""; ""18. Menstrual Migraine and Other Headache Issues in Female Children and Adolescents""; ""Appendix""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This is a clinically useful book for pediatricians and other primary care providers who take care of children to guide them in the best ways to take care of children and teenagers who have headaches. It provides a



blend of the best available evidence base