Sex-related influences on pain and analgesia have become a topic of tremendous scientific
and clinical interest, especially in the last 10 to 15 years. Members of our research group …

Aim The aim of this study was to review systematically the prevalence of headache and
migraine in children and adolescents and to study the influence of sex, age, and region of …

The main aim of the present study was to do an update on studies on headache
epidemiology as a preparation for the multinational European study on the prevalence and …

Puberty is accompanied by physical, psychological, and emotional changes adapted to
ensure reproductive and parenting success. Human puberty stands out in the animal world …

Migraine and headache are global disabling conditions causing considerable individual
suffering and impaired quality of life in adults as well as in children and adolescents …

The present review of epidemiologic studies on migraine and headache in Europe is part of
a larger initiative by the European Brain Council to estimate the costs incurred because of …

Background During the past decade, the introduction of the second edition of the I
nternational C lassification of H eadache D isorders (ICHD‐II) and the initiation of active …

Ovarian hormones play an important role in pain perception, and are responsible, at least in
part, for the pain threshold differences between the sexes. Modulation of pain and its …

Abstract Background: The proportion of Scandinavian school children reporting
psychosomatic pain and psychological complaints have increased in recent decades. In this …

Background Recurrent headache is a common problem in school children. Evaluation
generally leads to the diagnosis of a primary headache syndrome (migraine or tension-type …