This article is part of the supplement: Abstract Book of The European Headache and Migraine Trust International Congress

Open Access Oral presentation

Comorbidity of headache in children and adolescence

Çiçek Wöber-Bingöl

  • Correspondence: Çiçek Wöber-Bingöl

Author Affiliations

Medical University of Vienna, Austria

The Journal of Headache and Pain 2013, $article.volume.volumeNumber(Suppl 1):O8 doi:10.1186/1129-2377-1-S1-O8


The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.thejournalofheadacheandpain.com/content/1/S1/O8


Published:21 February 2013

© 2013 Wöber-Bingöl; licensee Springer.

Oral presentation

In its first part, this presentation will cover a short review of the features of migraine and tension-type headache in children and adolescents, which is a fascinating chapter and will especially focus on migraine aura, confusional migraine and chronic headache.

It the second part somatic and psychiatric comorbidities in children and adolescents with migraine will be reviewed covering asthma and allergies, vascular disorders, sleep disturbances, depression and anxiety as well as Tourette syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.