Childs Nerv Syst 2022 03 21;38(3):619-626. Epub 2022 Jan 21.
Headache Outpatient Clinic, Hospital Sta Maria, North Lisbon University Hospital Centre, Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Aim: To describe the natural history, evaluate the long-term prognosis, and identify predictors of a favorable outcome of childhood migraines in a cohort of children who had been diagnosed with migraine 25 years before.
Methods: One hundred eighteen children with headache (ages 2 to 15), observed in a headache outpatient clinic of a University Hospital in 1994, by one of the authors, were revaluated in 2019/2020 by a standardized telephone interview specifying headache characteristics, treatment, precipitants, and family history. Headache diagnosis at follow-up was based on ID-Migraine and confirmed by a semistructured interview. Read More