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Luca Maria Messina

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Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Pediatric Migraine: A Perspective From Evidence in Adult Migraine

2019

Pediatric migraine remains still a challenge for the headache specialists as concerns both diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. The less ability of children to describe the exact features of their migraines and the lack of reliable biomarker for migraine contribute to complicate the diagnostic process. Therefore, there's need for new effective tools for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic approach in children with migraine. Recently, promising results have been obtained in adult headache by means of application of neurostimulation techniques both for investigating pathophysiological mechanisms and also for therapeutical applications. Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques like tr…

0301 basic medicinenon-invasive brain stimulationmedicine.medical_specialtyTMS tDCS migraine pediatric populationMini Reviewmedicine.medical_treatmentSettore BIO/09 - Fisiologialcsh:RC346-42903 medical and health sciencesTherapeutic approach0302 clinical medicinetranscranial magnetic stimulationtherapeuticsMedicineIntensive care medicineNeurostimulationlcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemTranscranial direct-current stimulationbusiness.industrypediatric migrainemedicine.diseaseSettore MED/39 - Neuropsichiatria InfantileBiomarker (cell)Transcranial magnetic stimulation030104 developmental biologyNeurologyMigraineBrain stimulationSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaNeurology (clinical)transcranial direct current stimulationHeadachesmedicine.symptombusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryFrontiers in Neurology
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Is a digital platform useful in headache training? A 4-year Italian experience.

2018

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtyNeurologyInservice TrainingMEDLINELongitudinal StudieDermatology03 medical and health sciencesUser-Computer Interface0302 clinical medicinemedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineLongitudinal StudiesNeuroradiologyHeadache epidemiologybusiness.industryHeadacheGeneral MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthItalyPhysical therapyFemaleNeurology (clinical)NeurosurgerySmartphonebusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryHuman2708Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
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Migraine in children under 6 years of age: A long-term follow-up study

2019

Abstract Background Early starting of migraine seems predictive for less favorable outcome in later ages, however follow-up investigations are very few and all with short-term prospective period. We report here the longest follow-up study in a population of children presenting with migraine under the age of 6. Methods We followed-up 74 children under 6 years of age, referred for headache to our department between 1997 and 2003. The study was carried out between October 2016 and March 2018. Headache diagnoses were made according to the IHS criteria. Results 23/74 patients, 31% of the original cohort, were found at follow-up in a period ranging between 15 to 21 years after the first visit. Se…

AdultMalePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentCranial Autonomic SymptomLong term follow upMigraine DisordersPopulationDiseaseAllodyniaCohort StudiesYoung Adult03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicine030225 pediatricsPrevalencemedicineHumansProspective StudiesAge of OnsetChildeducationChildrenMigraineeducation.field_of_studybusiness.industryGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseasePediatric headacheYoung ageAllodyniaMigraineHyperalgesiaPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthCohortAutonomic symptomsFemaleNeurology (clinical)medicine.symptombusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryFollow-Up StudiesEuropean Journal of Paediatric Neurology
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Are paediatric headaches in the emergency department increasing? An Italian experience

2020

The aim of this study was to assess admissions, for headache, to the emergency department (ED) of the Di Cristina Children’s Hospital in Palermo over a decade. The total number of ED admissions for headache was retrospectively analysed considering two 24-month periods: 2009-2010 and 2017-2018. Total admissions to the ED decreased from 55,613 to 50,096 (-10%) between the two periods considered, while the number of admissions for headache increased by 63.56% (p < 0.0001). There was also a significant increase in the number of multiple ED admissions by single children (9.5% versus 17.98% of the patients accessing the ED for headache). This significant increase in admissions for paediatric h…

Emergency departmentPrimary headachesPaediatric headacheChildrenComputed tomography
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