Galeata: chronic migraine independently considered in a medieval headache classification

Table 1 Comparison among main headache classifications in Classical antiquity and Liber Pantegni

AUTHOR (Reference)	*Term*
	Description
ARETAEUS[10, 11]	*Cephalalgia*	*Cephalea*	*Heterocrania*
	Mild intensity and short duration	Chronic and severe headache	Paroxysmal headache
	Secondary to a systemic problem	Sometimes refractory to therapy	Hemicranial location
GALEN[1]	*Cephalaia*	*Cephalea*	*Hemicrania*
	Mild intensity and short duration	Chronic and persistent pain	Paroxysmal throbbing headache
	Secondary to a systemic problem	Superimposed paroxysms	Hemicranial location
TRALLES[19]	*Cephalalgia*	*Cephalea*	*Hemicrania*
	Pain brief and secondary	Chronic pain. Pain-free intervals	Paroxysmal headache
	Worse prognosis if posttraumatic	Unimportant causes	Hemicranial location
LIBER PANTEGNI[9]	*Cephalea*	*Galeata*	*Hemicrania*
LIBER PANTEGNI[9]	Holocranial pain	Chronic mild pain	Paroxysmal headache
	Secondary to systemic diseases or trauma	Superimpose exacerbations with photo-phonophobia and aggravation by physical activity	Hemicranial location

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