title: [Clinical characteristics of migraine in children according to the age].
abstract: We investigated 100 children with migraine admitted to the Developmental Neurology Department, Medical University of Gdańsk between 1988-1997. The diagnosis was made on IHS Criteria (1988). There were 53 children with migraine with aura and 47--without aura. The children were divided into three groups according to the onset of migraine attacks (3-16 years of age). To reveal the relation between clinical manifestation of migraine and the age, statistical analysis was made. The results showed that a higher frequency of migraine with aura was observed in the oldest group of children. Boys were more predisposed to develop migraine earlier. The headaches most often were pulsatile and located in the forehead, rarely-lateralized. There was no relation between location of headache, age, sex and type of migraine. In 63% of children the duration of headache was above 2 hours, in 37%--from few minutes to 2 hours. Vomiting was noticed in two thirds of patients, phonophobia and photophobia were observed in 20 children with migraine without aura and in 5 children with migraine with aura. The frequency of migraine attacks was higher in migraine without aura. Aura symptoms were mainly sensory and visual. CT and MRI were negative.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Neurologii Rozwojowej Katedry Neurologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dilling-Ostrowska
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konieczna
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lubińska-Wykrzykowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olszewska
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed