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Current Pain and Headache Reports
Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports 6/2010

Open Access 01-12-2010

Tension Type Headache in Adolescence and Childhood: Where Are We Now?

Authors: Teshamae S. Monteith, Till Sprenger

Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Issue 6/2010

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Abstract

Tension type headache (TTH) is a primary headache disorder considered common in children and adolescents. It remains debatable whether TTH and migraine are separate biological entities. This review summarizes the most recent literature of TTH with regards to children and adolescents. Further studies of TTH are needed to develop a biologically based classification system that may be facilitated through understanding changes in the developing brain during childhood and adolescence.
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Metadata
Title
Tension Type Headache in Adolescence and Childhood: Where Are We Now?
Authors
Teshamae S. Monteith
Till Sprenger
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Pain and Headache Reports / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 1531-3433
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3081
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-010-0149-z

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