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Revising secondary headache diagnostic criteria

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The International Classification of Headache Disorders II has undergone several revisions in attempts to meet the challenges of accurately diagnosing medication overuse headache and chronic migraine. Newly proposed revisions to the classification are likely to make diagnoses of all secondary headaches more straightforward than before.

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Russell, M. Revising secondary headache diagnostic criteria. Nat Rev Neurol 5, 642–643 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2009.179

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