title: [Headache in childhood: clinico-epidemiologic study. Preliminary communication: The headache risk].
abstract: After a review of the attempt to relate headache risk factors to the Periodic Syndrome, preliminary data from a clinical epidemiological survey of 980 children (449 M and 531 F aged 4-14 with Idiopathic Headache are reported. The importance of HRFs as predictors of headache is emphasised as is the need to start prophylaxis before headache attacks begin.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D012306:Risk
vernacular_title: La cefalea dell'età evolutiva: studio clinico epidemiologico. Comunicazione preliminare: Il rischio cefalalgico.