title: Characteristic and overlapping features of migraine and tension-type headache.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This epidemiological survey was conducted to investigate comprehensive characteristic and overlapping features of migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) disorders classified based on International Classification of Headache Disorders-II.
  
  
  METHODS
  The stratified cohort of this study was composed of 2504 schoolchildren aged 10 to 17 years. A 38-item questionnaire inquiring all characteristic features of primary headache syndromes mandatory for classification was applied to selected 483 children with recurrent headache in the last 6 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Migraine was diagnosed in 227 (47.0%) of 483 children and TTH in 154 (31.9%). Out of 125 children with definite migraine, 73 (58.4%) reported tension-type symptoms and 94 (68.1%) of 138 children with definite TTH reported migraine-type symptoms. Pressing pain (21%) and lack of aggravation of pain by physical activity (34%) were the major tension-type features in patients with migraine. Throbbing quality (43%) and aggravation by physical activity (30%) determined the main migraine-type features in patients with TTH.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequent co-occurrence of migraine and TTH symptoms suggests the presence of a common pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilsad
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Turkdogan
authors.forename: Sultan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cagirici
authors.forename: Didem
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soylemez
authors.forename: Haydar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sur
authors.forename: Cevdet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bilge
authors.forename: Ulku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Turk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*