Headache in kidney transplantation

Table 1 Occurrence of neurological complications in heart, kidney, liver, lung and heart-lung transplants in some studies

Author (reference)	Type of transplant	No. of patients	Neurological complications		Headache		Migraine
Author (reference)	Type of transplant	No. of patients	No. patients	%	No. patients	%	No. patients	%
Hotson et al. 1976 [4]	Heart	83	45	54	nr		nr
Andrew et al. 1990 [5]	Heart	90	6	7	nr		nr
Adams et al. 1986 [18]	Kidney	467	140	30	15	3	ns
Kahan et al. 1989 [19]	Kidney	402	ns		nr		nr
Christe 1994 [9]	Liver and kidney	576	ns		180	31	nr
William et al. 1985 [20]	Liver	29	ns		3	10	nr
de Groen et al. 1987 [21]	Liver	48	13	27	nr		nr
Stein et al. 1992 [22]	Liver	40	13	33	3	7	nr
Frank et al. 1993 [23]	Liver	56	ns		18	32	nr
Moreno et al. 1993 [24]	Liver	143	19	13	nr		ns
Burkhalter et al. 1994 [7]	Liver	100	34	34	nr		nr
Steiger et al. 1994 [3]	Liver	34	nr		12	35	6	18
Guarino et al. 1996 [25]	Liver	199	63	32	nr		nr
Goldstein et al. 1998 [26]	Lung, heart-lung	100	32	32	14	15	nr
Jarquin-Valdivia et al. 1999 [27]	Heart	137	25	18	nr		nr
Cemillàn et al. 2002 [28]	Heart	205	95	48	21	11	nr
Kim et al. 2004 [29]	Kidney (cy)	56	nr		ns	2	nr
Kim et al. 2004 [29]	Kidney (tc)	41	nr		ns	12	nr

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