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The unique demands of childhood migraine

How researchers think about migraine in young people is shifting, offering hope for better long-term management of the condition.
  1. Emily Sohn

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It was 2010, and paediatric psychologist Scott Powers was growing frustrated by the lack of research into migraine in children. Medications commonly prescribed to young people had been studied mainly in adults. As a result, paediatricians were in the dark about which treatments would be safest for their young patients, or how long children should wait for improvement on one drug before moving on to another.

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Nature 586, S19-S21 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02869-2

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Headache, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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