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Headache and migraine in childhood and adolescence
  1. Richard Peatfield

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    Edited by Vincenzo Guidetti, George Russell, Matti Sillanpää, and Paul Winner (Pp 487, £75.00). Published by Martin Dunitz, London, 2002. ISBN 1-85317-810-1

    Most patients with migraine report that their headaches started at least in adolescence, and often before puberty; indeed, migraine is particularly common in young boys, and the prevalence in girls exceeds that in boys only after puberty. Many of these children and their parents seek medical advice, and headache in all its forms …

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