title: Evaluation of visual evoked potentials in children with headache.
abstract: Headache is a common problem in childhood. Visual evoked potential (VEP) P100 latencies were recorded in children with headache. Sixty-four patients, aged 10.7 +/- 1.2 years, met the criteria of the International Headache Society for the diagnosis of migraine. Fifty-eight patients, aged 10.2 +/- 1.3 years, with tension headache and 56 healthy subjects, aged 10.3 +/- 1.3 years, as the control group were also studied. Patients with migraine had slightly longer P100 latencies than the other two groups. We conclude that VEP latency recording is a valuable test in the diagnosis of migraine, and can be safely used in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ridvan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Unay
authors.forename: S Umit
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Sarici
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ulaş
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gökçay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology