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Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Oral presentation

O063. Moyamoya disease and headache: case report

Authors: Elisabetta Tozzi, Annarita Antenucci, Simona Di Loreto, Maria Maresca, Giovanni Farello, Luca Massimi

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Special Issue 1/2015

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Moyamoya disease is a vascular dysplasia clinically characterized by a combination of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. The Research Committee on Moyamoya disease in 1979 classified the initial attacks into 6 types; subsequently, the asymptomatic and the headache type were also added in 2003. In fact headache is common in Moyamoya disease and can be the first symptom especially in childhood; its characteristics and classification are largely unknown because of the uncertainty and probably multifactorial nature of the mechanism[1]. …
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Metadata
Title
O063. Moyamoya disease and headache: case report
Authors
Elisabetta Tozzi
Annarita Antenucci
Simona Di Loreto
Maria Maresca
Giovanni Farello
Luca Massimi
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1129-2377-16-S1-A73

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