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2010, Number 3

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Arch Inv Mat Inf 2010; 2 (3)

Migraña infantil: prevalencia y características clínicas

Bastida ME, Contreras BJI

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 141-144
PDF size: 143.79 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Migraine is a paroxysmal headache intermittent pattern. In Mexico, the annual prevalence of migraine is 12.1% in women and 3.9% in men. Objective: To determine the prevalence and clinical features of childhood migraine population. Material and methods: We reviewed the records of patients diagnosed with migraine of neurology at the Hospital Materno- Infantil ISSEMYM, 2008. Results: The prevalence of migraine was 9.2%. 100% of the patients had accompanying symptoms, on average 3.2 symptoms. Nausea and photophobia were most common in 70.2% of cases, followed by phonophobia in 67.7% of cases. Conclusions: The prevalence was 9.2% at a woman/man 1.1:1, similar to figures reported in other series.


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