Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVES: METHODS: RESULTS: Of 100 patients with TS, 25 (25.0%) satisfied the diagnostic criteria for migraine headache, significantly greater than the estimated 10% to 13% in the general adult population (P<.001) and the estimated 2% to 10% in the general pediatric population (P<.04). There was no significant (P =.44) difference in the presence of comorbid obsessive-compulsive traits in the TS migraine and TS nonmigraine sample groups. Furthermore, our TS group with migraines was not more likely to have features of obsessive-compulsive disorder compared with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Of patients with TS, 56.0% reported a family history of migraines, 44.0% of whom were first-degree relatives. CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of migraine headache in a clinic sample of TS subjects was nearly 4-fold more than the frequency of migraines reported in the general population. Contrary to previous reports, the co-occurrence of migraines and TS in our sample group may possibly be attributed to another TS comorbidity, other than obsessive-compulsive traits.
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Authors | Carolyn Kwak, Kevin Dat Vuong, Joseph Jankovic |
Journal | Archives of neurology
(Arch Neurol)
Vol. 60
Issue 11
Pg. 1595-8
(Nov 2003)
ISSN: 0003-9942 [Print] United States |
PMID | 14623732
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Child
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Migraine Disorders
(complications, epidemiology)
- Prevalence
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Tourette Syndrome
(complications)
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