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  1. Many factors should be considered when an episodic migraine worsens and becomes chronic. Prolactin (PRL) was linked to the origin of pain in patients with microprolactinomas who developed different types of he...

    Authors: C. Cavestro, A. Rosatello, M. P. Marino, G. Micca and G. Asteggiano
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:272
  2. In whiplash studies, there may be interpretation difficulties: are post–whiplash findings, when present, a consequence of the whiplash trauma, or did they exist prior to trauma? In the Vågå headache epidemiolo...

    Authors: O. Sjaastad, T. A. Fredriksen, J. BÃ¥tnes, H. C. Petersen and L. S. Bakketeig
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:270
  3. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is an unusual syndrome that is characterised by positional headache, neck rigidity, nausea and vomiting. The characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings ...

    Authors: A. K. Firat, H. M. Karakas, Z. Y. Firat, B. Kahraman and G. Erdem
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:269

    The Erratum to this article has been published in The Journal of Headache and Pain 2008 9:s10194-008-0022-1

  4. Randomised controlled trials cannot collect all the data relevant for use in everyday clinical practice because drug exposure is limited, endpoints are restricted and some patient populations are excluded. Pos...

    Authors: J. Pascual, Hans-Christoph Diener and Hélène Massiou
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:266
  5. The objective was to examine reliability of pressure and thermal (cold) pain threshold assessment in persons less than 25 years of age, using intra–class correlation (ICC) and coefficients of repeatability and...

    Authors: S. Cathcart and D. Pritchard
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:265
  6. The frequency and characteristics of headache in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not clear and there are only a few studies that have assessed the relationship between chronic hy...

    Authors: A. Özge, C. Özge, H. Kaleagasi, O. Ö. Yalin, Ö. Ünal and E. S. Özgür
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:264
  7. An observational study of thyroid function tests performed in patients with headache prior to referral to a neurological clinic found no headache cases attributable to either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism....

    Authors: A. J. Larner
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:263
  8. Chronic short–lasting headaches, in which trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs) are included, are relatively rare syndromes and not always well recognised. We present a case highly suggestive of short–lasti...

    Authors: M. Guidotti and M. Mauri
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:261
  9. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a well defined entity, however it is characterised by a relevant clinical heterogeneity. The main feature is orthostatic headache, often accompanied by other symptoms. T...

    Authors: P. Merlo, A. M. Clerici, B. Stival, V. Rebecchi, M. Noce and S. Mazza
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:258
  10. The syndrome of transient Headache and Neurological Deficits with cerebrospinal fluid Lymphocytosis (HaNDL) now referred to in the IHS ICHD–II code 7.8, is only infrequently accompanied by a confusional state ...

    Authors: A. Giorgetti, G. Mariani, G. M. Patruno and A. Romorini
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:257
  11. The case of a 26–year–old woman suffering from cervical trauma with disc herniation presenting with arm and neck pain is presented. She underwent cervical discectomy with fusion because the pain did not improv...

    Authors: A. Dario, C. Scamoni, S. Peron and G. Tomei
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:255
  12. We describe a woman with a long history of relapsing-remitting painful ophthalmoplegia in a seasonal pattern, due to an isolated orbital myositis that was—at our observation–classified in the context of the so...

    Authors: E. Guaschino, C. Zandrini, G. Minonzio, A. Mancioli, M. Broggini and G. Bono
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:254
  13. This overview of the published epidemiological evidence of migraine helps to identify the size of the public–health problem that migraine represents. It also highlights the need for further epidemiological stu...

    Authors: M. Leonardi, T. J. Steiner, A. T. Scher and R. B. Lipton
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:252
  14. Chronic tension type headache (CTTH) has a strong impact on the Quality Of Life (QOL). We carried out an open–label randomized clinical trial on 18 patients with CTTH in order to compare two different regimens...

    Authors: D. Bettucci, L. Testa, S. Calzoni, P. Mantegazza, M. Viana and F. Monaco
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 7:251
  15. The idea that headache may originate from a problem at the neck or cervical spine level has fascinated and stimulated researchers for centuries. Contributions and reports seeking to clarify this issue have mul...

    Authors: F. Antonaci, G. Bono, M. Mauri, M. Drottning and S. Buscone
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:250
  16. According to an epidemiological study in Japan, there are as many as 22 million patients with tension headache and 8.4 million with migraine. Furthermore, patients suffering from both types of headache concurr...

    Authors: H. Okuma, Y. Kitagawa and S. Takagi
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:249
  17. The objective of this study was to establish if chronic headaches with medication overuse can modify a topo–kinesthetic memory test. Nineteen patients with medication overuse headache (MOH), 13 patients with c...

    Authors: L. A. Pini, G. Guidetti, D. Brovia, P. Pontremoli and P. Sarchielli
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:248
  18. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a rare syndrome defined by postural headache, associated with a low cerebrospinal fluid pressure, without history of previous dural trauma or invasive treatment on...

    Authors: M. Trappolini, A. Clarice, A. Scorza, L. Angrisani, F. Trappolini, M. March Rocchietti and M. Proietta
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 7:247
  19. A healthy 22–year–old man complained of primary stabbing headache (PSH) for about two months. The headache recurred after one year and after a month the pain took on the characteristics of short–lasting unilat...

    Authors: F. Raudino
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:246
  20. The basic physiological and anatomical basis for circadian rhythms in mammalian behaviour and physiology is introduced. The pathways involved in photic entrainment of the circadian clock are discussed in relat...

    Authors: M. A. Zordan and C. P. Kyriacou
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:242

    The original article was published in The Journal of Headache and Pain 2000 1:Art1

  21. The objective was to evaluate the prevalence and the characteristics of anger and emotional distress in migraine and tension– type headache patients. Two hundred and one headache patients attending the Headach...

    Authors: P. Perozzo, L. Savi, L. Castelli, W. Valfrè, R. Lo Giudice, S. Gentile, I. Rainero and L. Pinessi
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:240
  22. The objective was to evaluate the presence of a positive family history (FH) of vascular risk factors between patients with migraine with aura (MA) and migraine without aura (MO), and in chronic migraine (CM) com...

    Authors: G. Yoon, S. Baggaley, P. Bacchetti, Y.–H. Fu, K. B. Digre and L. J. Ptácek
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:239
  23. In phase one of the REALIZE study, zolmitriptan nasal spray demonstrated a significant headache response from 10 min post–dose and total symptom relief from 30 min post–dose. The objective of phase two was to ...

    Authors: M. Gawel, J. Aschoff, A. May and B. R. Charlesworth
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:237
  24. The characteristics of psychiatric comorbidity in migraine have been studied in migraine with aura (MA) and migraine without aura (MO). Little information is available concerning patients with migraine aura wi...

    Authors: K. J. Oedegaard, J. Angst, D. Neckelmann and O. B. Fasmer
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:236
  25. Post–lumbar puncture headache is a frequent clinical problem. Needle design is expected to reduce post–puncture headache. In this study, we compared two different lumbar puncture needle designs in diagnostic l...

    Authors: L. Luostarinen, T. Heinonen, M. Luostarinen and A. Salmivaara
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:235
  26. Chronic cluster headache remains refractory to medical therapy in at least 30% of those who suffer from this condition. The lack of alternative medical therapies that are as effective as, or more effective tha...

    Authors: P. A. Kowacs, E. J. Piovesan, R. W. G. R. de Campos, M. C. Lange, V. F. Zetola and L. C. Werneck
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:234
  27. The purpose of our study was to prospectively evaluate the impact of preventive drug treatment on the quality of life of patients with episodic migraine (EM). Quality of life evaluations can enhance traditiona...

    Authors: C. A. Bordini, H. Mariano da Silva, R. P. Garbelini, S. O. Teixeira and J. G. Speciali
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:233
  28. Sumatriptan is a selective agonist of 5HT1 (1B/1D) receptors, which has proved to be effective and safe for the acute treatment of migraine attacks. Nevertheless, its use by migraine sufferers is still limited...

    Authors: E. Sternieri, D. Pinetti, C. P. R. Coccia, S. Leone, A. Bertolini and A. Ferrari
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:220
  29. The continuous care of headache patients, from headache centres to general practice, is a managerial problem that is still unsolved in Italy. In fact, if on the one hand patients do not usually go to headache ...

    Authors: G. B. La Pegna, F. Brighina, V. Saporito, A. Aloisio, C. Morreale and A. D’Agati
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:217
  30. The objective was to study the demographics, diagnostic procedures and therapies employed in order to provide guidelines to Emergency Department (ED) physicians. A six–month retrospective analysis of the recor...

    Authors: G. Relja, A. Granato, F. Capozzoli, C. Maggiore, M. Catalan, G. Pizzolato, W. Zalukar, V. Livia, S. Gregorutti and M. Zorzon
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:213
  31. Recent investigations documented that the prevalence of right–to–left shunt (RLS) in patients with migraine with aura (MA) is significantly higher than in healthy controls and similar to prevalence of RLS in y...

    Authors: N. Morelli, S. Gori, G. Cafforio, S. Gallerini, F. Baldacci, G. Orlandi and L. Murri
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:197
  32. The presence of significant and confounding psychiatric comorbidity is greater in patients attending headache clinics than in headache patients from the general population. The frequent comorbidity of headache...

    Authors: M. Savarese, M. Guazzelli, M. P. Prudenzano, M. Carnicelli, M. Rossi, V. Cardinali, S. Genco, P. Lamberti and P. Livrea
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:193
  33. Headache is a frequent feature of functional gastrointestinal disorders but there is no data on the responsible pathophysiological mechanism. The aim of this study was to verify whether alteration of post–pran...

    Authors: E. Pucci, M. Di Stefano, E. Miceli, G. R. Corazza, G. Sandrini and G. Nappi
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:191
  34. Chronic daily headache (CDH) is a heterogeneous group of headaches that includes primary and secondary varieties. Primary CDH is a frequent entity that probably affects 4–5% of the population. It can be subdiv...

    Authors: Miguel J. A. Láinez
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:177