how to cite this article: nejad biglari h, karimzadeh p, mohammadi kord-kheyli m, hashemi sm. migraine types and triggering factors in children. iran j  child neurol 2012;6(2):33-38. objective migraine is a common problem in children and the mean prevalence of migraine in europe among 170,000 adults was 14.7% (8% in men and 17.6% in women) and in children and youth (36,000 participants), the pr...

background: obesity seems to be associated to migraine headache. increase in body fat, especially in gluteofemoral region, elevates adiponectin and leptin secretion which in turn impair inflammatory processes that could be contributing to migraine risk. this study was designed to assess the relationship between body composition and risk of migraine for the first time. methods: in this cross-sec...

CLINICAL HISTORY A 43-year-old woman has a history of recurrent migrainous headaches since aged 7 years. She develops blurred vision, goose bumps on her arms, slight nausea, clear nasal drainage, and a “tight” feeling in the right superior trapezius area, followed the next day by severe, incapacitating, right-sided headache with associated nausea and light sensitivity, lasting 3 days. These epi...

PURPOSE To review the outcome for all patients with ovarian dysgerminoma treated at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center who received bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) and to assess the menstrual and reproductive function of those who received conservative treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical information was abstracted from the medical record. Patients completed a detailed questionnair...

PURPOSE There are different possible temporal associations between epileptic seizures and headache attacks which have given rise to unclear or controversial terminologies. The classification of the International League Against Epilepsy does not refer to this type of disorder, while the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-2) defines three kinds of association: (1) migraine-t...

For some years during the course of treatment of different forms of allergy a t the BALYEAT HAY FEVER AND ASTHMA CLINIC in Oklahoma City, various facts concerning the inheritance of allergy have been noted. It is the object of the present study to determine as far as possible from the material thus collected the type of inheritance displayed by that form of allergy called migraine. The study wa...