Diagnostic Neuroimaging in Headache Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Neuroimaging in headache patients identifies clinically significant neurological abnormalities and plays an important role in excluding secondary headache diagnoses. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the existing guidelines and studies surrounding neuroimaging in headache patients. METHODS:The research question involved determining the prevalence of detecting clinically significant neurological abnormalities using neuroimaging in patients suspected of primary headache. Searches of the PubMed and Embase databases were conducted on English-language studies published from 1991 to 2016, and the reference lists of the retrieved articles were also checked manually. All headache subtypes and patients aged ≥15 years were included in the analysis. RESULTS:Ten studies m

SUBMITTER: Jang YE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6603699 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature