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World J Clin Pediatr. Feb 8, 2015; 4(1): 1-12
Published online Feb 8, 2015. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v4.i1.1
Published online Feb 8, 2015. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v4.i1.1
Spectrum of complicated migraine in children: A common profile in aid to clinical diagnosis
Surya N Gupta, Dawn M Fields, Pediatric Neurology, CAMC, Charleston, WV 25301, United States
Surya N Gupta, Section Child Neurology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV 25301, United States
Vikash S Gupta, Texila American University, Georgetown 05924, Guyana
Author contributions: Gupta VS searched and prepared initial version of the draft; Fields DM provided the clinical information regarding individual syndromes of complicated migraine; Gupta SN initiated, supervised, coordinated, proposed the common profile, and contributed in discussion of complicated migraine; all the authors approved the final version of this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest: None.
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Correspondence to: Surya N Gupta, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurology, CAMC, 415 Morris Street, Suite 300, Charleston, WV 25301, United States. suryangupta@rediffmail.com
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Received: November 4, 2014
Peer-review started: November 4, 2014
First decision: November 21, 2014
Revised: December 6, 2014
Accepted: December 16, 2014
Article in press: December 17, 2014
Published online: February 8, 2015
Peer-review started: November 4, 2014
First decision: November 21, 2014
Revised: December 6, 2014
Accepted: December 16, 2014
Article in press: December 17, 2014
Published online: February 8, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Complicated migraine in pediatric neurology practice is a frequent cause for an Emergency Department visit. Their clinical presentations are variable. They mimic several clinical syndromes but they can be diagnosed clinically by following proposed common clinical profile closely in the absence of any identifiable etiology.