Headache and Migraine with Sickle Cell Disease

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-6-6

Keywords:

HemoglobinSS, Sickle Cell Disease, Neurological

Abstract

Investigators from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, and other centers in the US and London, UK, studied risk factors for headache and migraine in 872 children, age 5 to 15 years (mean age, 9.1 years), with sickle cell disease (hemoglobinSS or hemoglobinSb-thalassemia) and no history of overt stroke or seizures.

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Published

2014-06-01

Issue

Section

Headache Disorders