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Published on: June 2, 2014
[Migraine variants and unusual types of migraine in childhood]
1Westdeutsches Kopfschmerzzentrum, Klinik für Neurologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen. Charly.Gaul@gmx.de
Abstract:
Migraine is a frequent primary headache disorder in children and adolescents. Most of the young sufferers of migraine describe typical migraine symptoms but sometimes rare forms of migraine variants and unusual types of migraine occur in children and adolescents. These childhood periodic syndromes are common precursors of migraine. Phenotypes are alternating hemiplegia of childhood, benign paroxysmal torticollis, benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood, alternating hemiplegia in childhood, Alice in Wonderland syndrome, cyclic vomiting syndrome, acute confusional migraine and abdominal migraine.
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