title: Headaches: the pediatrician's perspective.
abstract: The primary care physician is often the first professional to evaluate the child with headaches. This article reviews the most common causes of headache, including infections, trauma, hypertension, pseudotumor cerebri, postlumbar puncture headaches, and ocular disorders. Most children with headache can be evaluated and treated by their primary care physician.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Headache Clinic, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gladstein
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods