Headache as the origin of the consultation. Epidemiological aspects

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2021-08-09

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Espín Jaime, F. . (2021). Headache as the origin of the consultation. Epidemiological aspects . Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, (2), 102–105. Retrieved from https://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/article/view/576

Issue

No. 2 (1996): April-June

Section

Orginial article

Authors

  • F. Espín Jaime

Keywords:

Headaches, Frequency, Migraine

Abstract

In this study we present our experence about the presence of headache as the origin of the consultation to the Neuropsychiatríc Service of the ISMfrom Algeciras, in a populationfrom 3 to 18 years old and between february to may from this year. This sample represents 45.36% of the overall neuropsychiatric patients that have heen studied in our Service. It hasfemale predominance and a higher representation of the 14-18 old year group (average age: 11.8).
We jound the mígrain the most frequent diagnostic.

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