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The Journal of Headache and Pain
Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Consensus article

Refractory chronic migraine: a Consensus Statement on clinical definition from the European Headache Federation

Authors: Paolo Martelletti, Zaza Katsarava, Christian Lampl, Delphine Magis, Lars Bendtsen, Andrea Negro, Michael Bjørn Russell, Dimos-Dimitrios D Mitsikostas, Rigmor Højland Jensen

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

The debate on the clinical definition of refractory Chronic Migraine (rCM) is still far to be concluded. The importance to create a clinical framing of these rCM patients resides in the complete disability they show, in the high risk of serious adverse events from acute and preventative drugs and in the uncontrolled application of therapeutic techniques not yet validated.
The European Headache Federation Expert Group on rCM presents hereby the updated definition criteria for this harmful subset of headache disorders. This attempt wants to be the first impulse towards the correct identification of these patients, the correct application of innovative therapeutic techniques and lastly aim to be acknowledged as clinical entity in the next definitive version of the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3 (ICHD-3 beta).
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Metadata
Title
Refractory chronic migraine: a Consensus Statement on clinical definition from the European Headache Federation
Authors
Paolo Martelletti
Zaza Katsarava
Christian Lampl
Delphine Magis
Lars Bendtsen
Andrea Negro
Michael Bjørn Russell
Dimos-Dimitrios D Mitsikostas
Rigmor Højland Jensen
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1129-2377-15-47

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