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Headache is the most common symptom in medicine and may account for up to 40% of all consultations. At a conservative estimate 10% of the population suffers from migraine, the commonest cause of severe recurrent headache.

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Patten, J.P. (1996). Headache. In: Neurological Differential Diagnosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58981-2_20

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