title: Cervicogenic headache: too important to be left un-diagnosed.
abstract: A comparison has been made between the cervicogenic headache criteria in the new IHS classification of headaches (3rd edition-beta version) and The Cervicogenic Headache International Study Group's (GHISG) criteria from 1998. In a more recent version, the CHISG criteria consist of 7 different items. While "core cases" of cervicogenic headache (CEH) usually fulfill all 7 criteria, the IHS classification--3rd edition beta version--fulfills only 3 criteria. Although the new three beta version represents an improvement from the previous one, it does not quite seem to live up to the expectations for a diagnostic system for routine, clinical use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. toafredr@online.no.
authors.forename: Torbjørn A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Fredriksen
authors.affiliation: Headache Centre, C. Mondino National Institute of Neurology Foundation, IRCCS, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. fabio.antonaci@unipv.it.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Antonaci
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. ellhed@online.no.
authors.forename: Ottar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sjaastad
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D051298:Post-Traumatic Headache / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Cervicogenic headache; Headache classification; Mechanical precipitation of headache; Unilaterality of headache