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A new form of headache, whose attacks seem to be stereotyped, has been recently reported; because of the peculiarity of its onset, strictly related to airplane travel, the name of “Airplane headache” was proposed. A total of 7 cases have been published. Here we present the first Italian one. Furthermore the revision of the clinical characteristics of each patient leads us to propose provisional diagnostic criteria.
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Mainardi, F., Lisotto, C., Palestini, C. et al. Headache attributed to airplane travel (“airplane headache”: first italian case. J Headache Pain 8, 196–199 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-007-0390-y
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