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Availability
Please email the author for information about obtaining the instrument: andrew.hershey@cchmc.org
 
Vendor: Instrument available from Andrew Hershey, MD.
Classification
Exploratory: Epilepsy
Comments/Special Instructions
Description: 15 questions, plus 6 disability due to migraine questions, plus 9 medical history questions
 
Comment: An optional measure for pediatric epilepsy (i.e., younger than 12 years of age). This exam does not have the same degree of validation as the other two recommended instruments.
 
Primary Dependent Measures: Migraine, Migraine with aura, Migraine without aura
 
Time Estimates: ~15 minutes.
References
Breslau N, Davis GC, Andreski P. Migraine, psychiatric disorders, and suicide attempts: an epidemiologic study of young adults. Psychiatry Res. 1991; 37(1):11-23.
 
Breslau N, Davis GC. Migraine, physical health and psychiatric disorder: A prospective epidemiologic study in young adults. J Psychiat Res. 1993; 27: 211-221.
 
Breslau N, Lipton RB, Stewart WF, Schultz LR, Welch KMA. Comorbidity of migraine and depression: Investigating potential etiology and prognosis. Neurology. 2003; 60: 1308-1312.
 
Gaitatzis A, Carroll K, Majeed A, Sander JW. The epidemiology of the comorbidity of epilepsy in the general population. Epilepsia. 2004; 45: 1613-1622.
 
Hershey AD, et al, 2005. Use of the ICHD-II criteria in the diagnosis of pediatric migraine. Headache. 2005; 45(10): 1288-97.
 
Hesdorffer DC, Hauser WA, Annegers JF, Cascino G. Major depression is a risk factor for seizures in older adults. Ann Neurol. 2000; 47: 246-249.
 
Hesdorffer DC, Hauser WA, Ludvigsson P, Olafsson E, Kjartansson O. Depression and attempted suicide as risk factors for incident unprovoked seizures and epilepsy. Ann Neurology 2006; 59: 35-41.
 
Hesdorffer DC, Ludvigsson P, Hauser WA, Olafsson E, Kjartansson O. Co-occurrence of major depression or suicide attempt and migraine with aura and risk factor for unprovoked seizure. Epilepsy Research. 2007; 25: 220-223.
 
Ludvigsson P, Hesdorffer D, Olafsson E, Kjartansson O, Hauser WA. Migraine with aura is a risk factor for unprovoked seizures in children. Ann Neurol. 2006; 59(1): 210-3.
 
Ottman R, Lipton RB. Comorbidity of migraine and epilepsy. Neurology. 1994; 44: 2105.
Velioglu SK, Boz C, Özmenoglu M. The impact of migraine on epilepsy: a prospective prognosis study. Cephalalgia. 2005; 25(7): 528-35.

 

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