The tragic migraine classification and diagnosis fiasco
The first classification of primary headaches was developed in 1962 by the Ad Hoc Committee, a group of neurologists with a special interest in migraine. They correctly classified primary headaches, as per the published data, into:
- Vascular headache of the migraine type
- Muscle contraction headache
- Mixed muscular/vascular headache
The different types of primary headaches were classified according to the anatomical structure from which the pain originates. Therefore, one had to examine …
