Headache

"Headache" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The symptom of PAIN in the cranial region. It may be an isolated benign occurrence or manifestation of a wide variety of HEADACHE DISORDERS.

Descriptor ID	D006261
MeSH Number(s)	C23.888.592.612.441
Concept/Terms	Headache Headache Headaches Head Pain Head Pains Pain, Head Pains, Head Cephalodynia Cephalodynias Cranial Pain Cranial Pains Pain, Cranial Pains, Cranial Cephalalgia Cephalalgias Cephalgia Cephalgias Generalized Headache Generalized Headache Generalized Headaches Headache, Generalized Headaches, Generalized Ocular Headache Ocular Headache Headache, Ocular Headaches, Ocular Ocular Headaches Orthostatic Headache Orthostatic Headache Headache, Orthostatic Headaches, Orthostatic Orthostatic Headaches Vertex Headache Vertex Headache Headache, Vertex Headaches, Vertex Vertex Headaches Retro-Ocular Headache Retro-Ocular Headache Headache, Retro-Ocular Headaches, Retro-Ocular Retro Ocular Headache Retro-Ocular Headaches Sharp Headache Sharp Headache Headache, Sharp Headaches, Sharp Sharp Headaches Throbbing Headache Throbbing Headache Headache, Throbbing Headaches, Throbbing Throbbing Headaches Unilateral Headache Unilateral Headache Headache, Unilateral Headaches, Unilateral Unilateral Headaches Hemicrania Bilateral Headache Bilateral Headache Bilateral Headaches Headache, Bilateral Headaches, Bilateral Periorbital Headache Periorbital Headache Headache, Periorbital Headaches, Periorbital Periorbital Headaches

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Headache".

Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Pain [C23.888.592.612]
Headache [C23.888.592.612.441]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Headache".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Headache".

Headache
Slit Ventricle Syndrome

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Bar chart showing 20 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	2	0	2
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1
2015	0	2	2
2016	2	2	4
2017	0	2	2
2018	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1

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Downie PA, Chen JJ, Bhatti MT, Melson AT, Van Stavern GP, McClelland CM, Lindgren BR, Sharieff JA, Lee MS. Clinical Characteristics of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Patients Over 50 Years of Age: A multicenter clinical cohort study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 04; 224:96-101.

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Phadke N, Lebastchi J, Torre M, Dunn I, Vaidya A. Take It with a Grain of Salt. N Engl J Med. 2018 11 22; 379(21):e38.

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Hackett A, Stuart J, Blessing N, Borden N. Headache with Aura: A case report of ocular melanoma. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 11; 36(11):2135.e7-2135.e8.

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Gunderson CC, Matulonis U, Moore KN. Management of the toxicities of common targeted therapeutics for gynecologic cancers. Gynecol Oncol. 2018 03; 148(3):591-600.

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Law J, Young M, Alexander D, Mason SS, Wear ML, Méndez CM, Stanley D, Ryder VM, Van Baalen M. Carbon Dioxide Physiological Training at NASA. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2017 Oct 01; 88(10):897-902.

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Duffy AG, Ma C, Ulahannan SV, Rahma OE, Makarova-Rusher O, Cao L, Yu Y, Kleiner DE, Trepel J, Lee MJ, Tomita Y, Steinberg SM, Heller T, Turkbey B, Choyke PL, Peer CJ, Figg WD, Wood BJ, Greten TF. Phase I and Preliminary Phase II Study of TRC105 in Combination with Sorafenib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Aug 15; 23(16):4633-4641.

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Wallace DJ, Strand V, Merrill JT, Popa S, Spindler AJ, Eimon A, Petri M, Smolen JS, Wajdula J, Christensen J, Li C, Diehl A, Vincent MS, Beebe J, Healey P, Sridharan S. Efficacy and safety of an interleukin 6 monoclonal antibody for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: a phase II dose-ranging randomised controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Mar; 76(3):534-542.

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Burks JD, Bonney PA, Glenn CA, Conner AK, Briggs RG, Ebeling PA, Toho LC, Sughrue ME. Symptom resolution in infiltrating WHO grade II-IV glioma patients undergoing surgical resection. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Sep; 31:157-61.

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Bakhshaee M, Bojdi A, Allahyari A, Majidi MR, Tavakol S, Najafzadeh MJ, Asghari M. Acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: our experience with 18 cases. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Dec; 273(12):4281-4287.

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Couch JR, Stewart KE. Headache Prevalence at 4-11 Years After Deployment-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Comparison to Controls: A Matched Case-Controlled Study. Headache. 2016 Jun; 56(6):1004-21.

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