Katharina Schiller, Markus Rauchenzauner, Tamir Avidgor, Sana Hannan, Carlo Lorenzen, Manuela Kaml, Gerald Walser, Iris Unterberger, Vera Filippi, Gregor Broessner, Gerhard Luef
BACKGROUND: Headache is among the most common comorbidities in epilepsy. This study examined the distribution of different primary headache disorders in a large cohort of patients with diagnosed epilepsy. Headache types were analysed with regard to gender, type of epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). METHODS: In this prospective single-centre study, 500 patients with epilepsy (250 female, mean age: 45.52 ± 17.26 years) were evaluated with regards to primary headache types using a validated German headache questionnaire categorizing for migraine (MIG), tension-type headache (TTH) or trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TAC), their combinations and unclassifiable headache...
January 27, 2023: European Journal of Medical Research