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Migraine and Other Headache Disorders (Neurological Disease and Therapy)

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Author(s): Richard B. Lipton, Marcelo E. Bigal
Edition: 1
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 560

Front Cover......Page 1
Preface......Page 10
Contents......Page 12
Contributors......Page 22
1. Headache—Classification......Page 26
2. The Epidemiology and Impact of Migraine......Page 48
3. Progressive Headache: Epidemiology, Natural History, and Risk Factors......Page 62
4. Comorbidity of Migraine......Page 70
5. Pain Sensitivity: Intracranial and Extracranial Structures......Page 86
6. Pathophysiology of Aura......Page 92
7. Pathophysiology of Migraine......Page 106
8. Allodynia and Sensitization in Migraine......Page 124
9. Genetics of Migraine and Other Primary Headaches......Page 138
10. Identification or Exclusion of Secondary Headaches......Page 156
11. Differential Diagnosis of Primary Headaches: An Algorithm-Based Approach......Page 170
12. Diagnostic and Severity Tools for Migraine......Page 180
13. Migraine Without Aura......Page 198
14. Migraine with Aura......Page 214
15. Childhood Periodic Syndromes......Page 228
16. Retinal, or ‘‘Monocular,’’ Migraine......Page 238
17. Status Migrainosus, Persistent Aura, Migraine-Associated Seizures (‘‘Migralepsy’’), and Migrainous Infarction......Page 248
18. Principles of Headache Management......Page 266
19. Behavioral and Educational Approaches to the Management of Migraine: Clinical and Public Health Applications......Page 286
20. Nonspecific Migraine Acute Treatment......Page 298
21. Specific Acute Migraine Treatment: Ergotamine and Triptans......Page 314
22. Preventive Treatment for Migraine......Page 336
23. Herbal Medicines and Vitamins......Page 388
24. Treatment of Migraine in Children and Adolescents......Page 400
25. Inpatient Management and Invasive Treatment Strategies for Migraine and Chronic Daily Headaches......Page 418
26. Migraine in the Emergency Department......Page 438
27. Progression Forms of Migraine......Page 456
28. The Future of Migraine Therapies......Page 470
29. Tension-Type Headache......Page 482
30. Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias......Page 496
31. Other Primary Headaches......Page 520
32. When the Treatment of Headache Fails......Page 534
Index......Page 548
About the Editors......Page 556