2008
DOI: 10.1159/000151513
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Epidemiology, Characteristics and Distinctiveness of Headaches in Children from Vojvodina, Serbia

Abstract: From 1988 to 2004, an investigation was carried out on a population of 30,636 children (50.38% boys and 49.62% girls) in 9 towns of Vojvodina, province in northern Serbia. Idiopathic recurrent headache was found in 27.46% of children aged 3–17 years (26.8% of males and 28.4% of females). Migraine headache was found in 8.63% of children aged 3–17 years (8.0% of males and 9.6% of females). Recurrent headaches showed an occurrence that increased with age in the observed group, from 16.65 to 32.87% in boys and fro… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1
1

Citation Types

0
2
0

Year Published

2009
2009
2023
2023

Publication Types

Select...
7

Relationship

0
7

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 9 publications
(2 citation statements)
references
References 38 publications
0
2
0
Order By: Relevance
“…Indeed, migraine is a significant concern among children and adolescents as well. Numerous school-based surveys with a narrow focus on specific age groups have been conducted to assess the prevalence of migraine among children and adolescents [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]. According to recent school-based studies worldwide, the prevalence of migraine among children and adolescents ranges from 1.7% to 11.0% [22].…”
Section: Migraine Among Children and Adolescentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indeed, migraine is a significant concern among children and adolescents as well. Numerous school-based surveys with a narrow focus on specific age groups have been conducted to assess the prevalence of migraine among children and adolescents [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]. According to recent school-based studies worldwide, the prevalence of migraine among children and adolescents ranges from 1.7% to 11.0% [22].…”
Section: Migraine Among Children and Adolescentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recurrent headache is a common complain, occurring in over 90% of general population. Migraine is the most frequent recurrent headache in children (KNEŽEVIĆ-POGANČEV 2008). The mechanisms underlying the recurrent headache are largly unknown (GARGUS 2009).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%