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Clinical case review
A 12-year-old girl with migraines
Abstract
We ask an expert how she would manage this case of a girl with recurrent migraines.
Key Points
Case scenario
I recently saw a 12-year-old girl who has been having common type migraines on average once every two weeks for the past two months. Does she need to have any investigations? Is it appropriate to use the same sort of medication in an adolescent that one would use in an adult having recurrent migraines?
Commentary
Migraine is very common in childhood and constitutes a large percentage of the outpatient practice of general paediatric neurologists. It is a gratifying condition to treat because most children can be helped.
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