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  • PO-46 | Diagnostic tests and headache misdiagnoses in individuals with resistant and refractory migraine – data from the REFINE study Federico De Santis,1 Chiara Rosignoli,1 Agnese Onofri,1 Mark Braschinsky,2 Olga Sved,2 Raquel Gil-Gouveia,3,4 Renato Oliveira,3 Christian Lampl,5 Jakob Paungarttner,5 Paolo Martelletti,6 William David Wells-Gatnik,7 Isabel Pavao Martins,8 Dimos D Mitsikostas,9 Loukia Apostolakopoulou,9 Aynur Ozge,10 Dilan Bayar Narin,10 Patricia Pozo-Rosich,11 Albert Munoz-Vendrell,11 Maria Pia Prudenzano,12 Martino Gentile,12 Kristina Ryliskiene,13 Jurgita Vainauskiene,14 Margarita Sanchez-del-Rio,15 Fabrizio Vernieri,16 Gianmarco Iaccarino,16 Marta Waliszewska-Prosół,17 Sławomir Budrewicz,17 Marta Carnovali,18 Zaza Katsarava,18 Simona Sacco,1 Raffaele Ornello1 | 1Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy; 2Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu and Neurology Clinic of Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia; 3Headache Center, Neurology Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal; 4Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa; 5Headache Medical Center, Seilerstaette Linz, Linz, Austria; 6Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; 7Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso TX, USA; 8Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; 9First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 10Department of Neurology, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey and NOROM Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Center of Excellence, Ankara, Turkey; 11Headache Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Headache and Neurological Pain Research Group, VHIR, Barcelona, Spain; 12Headache Center, “I. Amaducci” Neurological Clinic, Policlinico General Hospital, Bari, Italy; 13Center of Neurology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; 14Center of Neurology, Kardiolitos klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania; 15Department of Neurology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain; 16Unit of Headache and Neurosonology, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico and Neurology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Roma, Italy; 17Department of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland; 18Department of Neurology, Christian Hospital Unna and University of Duisburg-Essen, Ruhr Metropolitan, Germany

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  • PO-59 | Questioning online survey-based physiotherapy treatment referral in headache treatment: differences in developed and developing countries D. Onan,1,2 A.K. Erdemoğlu,3 P. Gelener,4 S. Velioğlu,5 S. Ulutaş,6 N. Taşdemir,7 M. Waliszewska-Prosół,8 E. Ekizoğlu,9 M. Straburzyński,10 M. Kodounis,11 B. Raffaelli,12 C. Tana,13 F. De Cesaris,14 R. Messina,15 E.I. Sen,16 S. Ray,17 G. Sebastianelli,18 F. Granella,19 U. Pensato,20 S. Crema,21 S. Cevol,22 K. Chakravarty,23 M. Pia Prudenzano,24 A. Casalena,25 M. Romozzi,26 T. Takizawa,26 W. Rattanawong,27 A. Gantenbein,28 V. Favoni,29 C. Gaul,30 L.F.I. Iannone,31 B. Schäfer,23 D.A. Montisano,33 O. Grosu,34 A.B. de Oliveira,35 F. Puledda,36 V. Romanenko,37 I. Ros González,38 M. Castaldo,39 H. Al-Khazali,40 A. Hassan,41 D. Garcia-Azorin,42 L.-L. Hope Pan,43 R. Gil-Gouveia,44 M. Sanchez del Rio,45 M. Lisicki,46 H.W. Schytz,47 P. Anukoolwittaya,48 T. Mavridis,49 M. Lanteri-Minet,50 D.B. Swerts,51 C. Altamura,52 K. Hirata,53 M. Togha,54 M. Kyung Chu,55 T. Pongpitakmetha,56 M.-H. Bjørk,57 M. Minen,58 K. Skorobogatykh,59 D. Chowdhury,60 A.-M. Torgersen Dalgeir,61 J. Versijpt,62 P. Cras,63 A. Govaerts,64 A. Chiarugi,65 N. Vashchenko,59 L. Dobbels,66 T.S. Monteith,67 F. De Bruyne,68 E. Garay,67 S.L. Sava,69 Z. Salinas,67 M. Nordtveit,70 K. Delmotte,71 A. Gonzalez-Martinez,72 S. Debray,73 C. Deligianni,74 W. De Hertogh,75 R. Castien,76 E. Caronna,77 C. Valerija,78 F. Ahmed,79 G. De la Meilleure,80 L.L. Panneerchelvam,81 G.H. Bringeland,82 R. Ornello,2 S. Sacco2 | 1Yozgat Bozok University, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey;2University of L'Aquila, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy;3Clinic of Prof. Dr. Ali Kemal Erdemoğlu, Neurology, Ankara, Turkey;4Elite Research and Surgical Hospital , Nicosia, Cyprus;5Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Neurology, Trabzon, Turkey;6Bahcesehir University, Department of Neurology, İstanbul, Turkey;7Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Department of Neurology, Ağrı, Turkey;8Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Germany;9Istanbul University, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey;10University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland;11National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, First Neurology Department, Eginitio Hospital, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece;12Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurology,Headache Center, Berlin, Germany;13SS Annunziata Hospital of Chieti, Chieti, Italy;14Centro Cefalee e Farmacologia Clinica - AOU Careggi , Florence, Italy;15Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy;16Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, İstanbul, Turkey;17Department of Neurology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India;18Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy;19University of Parma, Parma, Italy;20Humanitas University, Milan, Italy;21Fleni Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina;22University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;23Post Graduate Institute Of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India;24AOUC Policlinico, Centro Cefalee - Clinica Neurologica L Amaducci, Bari, Germany;25Centro Cefalee UOC Neurologia, Teramo, Italy;26Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;27King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand;28ZURZACH Care, Zürich, Switzerland;30IRCCS Istituto delle scienze neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy;30Headache Center Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany;31Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Modena, Italy;32Migraine and Headache Clinic Königstein , Frankfurt, Germany;33SSD Centro Cefalee - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C.Besta, Milan, Italy;34Diomid Gherman Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Kişinev, Moldova;35Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, University of Sao Paulo , Sao Paolo, Brazil;36King's College London, London, United Kingdom;37Vita Medical Clinic, Kyiv, Ukraine;38Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Vallodolid, Spain;39Parma University, Parma, Italy;40Danish Headache Center, Copenhagen, Denmark;41Cairo University , Cairo, Egypt;42University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain;43Brain Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan;44Hospital da Luz. Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal;45Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Navarra, Spain;46Mercedes & Martín Ferreyra Institute for Medical Research, Córdoba, Argentina;47University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;48King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand;49Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;50CHU Nice and Cote D'azur University, Nice, France;51Santa Casa de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil;52Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus BIo-Medico, Rome, Italy;53Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan;54Tehran University, Tehran, Iran;55Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea;56Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand;57University of Bergen , Bergen, Norway;58NYU Langone Health, New York, United States;59University Headache Clinic, Moscow, Russian Federation;60 G B Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India;61Haukeland University Hospital, NorHead, Bergen, Norway;62UZ Brussel, Brussel, Belgium;63Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium;64Rz Tienen, Tienen, Belgium;65University of Florence, Florence, Italy;Neurology Department İmelda Ziekenhuis, Bonheiden, Belgium;67University of Miami, Miami, United States;68University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium;69University of Liège, Liege, Belgium;70Haukeland Universitetssykehus, Bergen, Norway;71Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;72Hospital Universitario de la Princesa e Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa, Madrid, Spain;73Europa Ziekenhuizen, Brussel, Belgium;74Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece;75University of Antwerp , Antwerpen, Belgium;76Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands;77Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain;78Private hospital, Riga, Latvia;79Hull University, Hull, United Kingdom;80VITAZ - General Hospital, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium;81James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom; 82Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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  • ID-Migraine test for pediatric population: preliminary results from the Italian validation

    Ilaria Frattale, Laura Papetti, Fabiana Ursitti, Giorgia Sforza, Gabriele Monte, Luigi Mazzone, Massimiliano Valeriani
    07-05-2024
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2024.15761
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  • PO-66 | Predicting the evolution to resistant and refractory migraine: a machine learning analysis from the REFINE Study Chiara Rosignoli,1 Raffaele Ornello,1 Daniele Lozzi,2 Enrico Mattei,2 Federico De Santis,1 Agnese Onofri,1 Mark Braschinsky,3 Christian Lampl,4 Isabel Pavão Martins,5 Paolo Martelletti,6 Dimos Mitsikostas,7 Raquel Gil-Gouveia,8 Maria Pia Prudenzano,9 Kristina Ryliskiene,10 Margarita Sanchez del Rio,11 Patricia Pozo-Rosich,12 Aynur Özge,13 Fabrizio Vernieri,14 Marta Waliszewska-Prosół,15 Zaza Katsarava,16 Giuseppe Placidi,2 Simona Sacco1 | 1Dept. of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy; 2A²VI-lab, Dept. MeSVA University of L’Aquila; 3Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia; 4Headache Medical Center, Seilerstaette Linz, Austria. Center; 5Headache Center, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal; 6School of Health, Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; 7First Dept of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; 8Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal; 9Headache Center, Amaducci Neurological Clinic, Policlinico General Hospital, Bari, Italy; 10Center of Neurology, Vilnius University, Lithuania; 11Dept. of Neurology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain; 12Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; 13Dept. of Neurology, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey; 14Università Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy; 15Dept. of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland; 16Dept of Neurology, Christian Hospital Unna and University of Duisburg-Essen, Ruhr Metropolitan, Germany

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  • Intraparenchymal cerebral hemorrhage in a patient undergoing treatment with galcanezumab: the importance of adequate blood pressure control

    Yan Tereshko, Antonio Taglialatela, Iacopo Cancelli, Enrico Belgrado, Lorenzo Verriello, Giovanni Merlino, Mariarosaria Valente
    05-09-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15786
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  • PO-28 | Sex differences in the response to rimegepant for the treatment of acute migraine attacks – insights from the multicenter GAINER study Raffaele Ornello,1 Gloria Vaghi,2,3 Gabriele Sebastianelli,4 Francesco Casillo,4 Antonio Russo,5 Marcello Silvestro,5 Francesca Pistoia,1 Giorgio Dalla Volta,6 Matteo Cortinovis,6 Alberto Chiarugi,7 Danilo Antonio Montisano,8 Licia Grazzi,8 Maria Pia Prudenzano,9 Sabina Cevoli,10 Edoardo Mampreso,11 Gianluca Avino,12 Marina Romozzi,13 Mariarosaria Valente,14 Carla Fasano,15 Stefania Battistini,16 Antonio Granato,17 Elisa Maria Piella,18 Innocenzo Rainero,18 Federico De Santis,1 Simona Sacco,1 Maria Albanese,19 Michele Trimboli,20 Alberto Doretti,21 Cristina Tassorelli,2,3 Luigi Francesco Iannone,22 Roberto De Icco2,3 on behalf of the Italian Headache Registry (RICe) Study Group | 1Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila; 2Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; 3Headache Science and Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia; 4Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Latina; 5Headache Centre, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples; 6Headache Center of Clinical Neurology of Istituto Clinico "Città di Brescia", Brescia; 7Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence; 8Neuroalgology Unit and Headache Center, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan; 9Headache Center, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari; 10IRCCS Istituto Di Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Programma Cefalee e Algie Facciali, Bologna; 11Headache Centre, Neurology - Euganea, Health Unit, Padua; 12Neurology Unit, Ospedale Santo Stefano, USL Toscana Centro, Prato; 13Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome; 14Clinical Neurology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine; 15Headache and Facial Pain Center Neurology, AOU Careggi, Florence; 16Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena; 17Headache Centre, Clinical Unit of Neurology, School of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University Hospital and Health Services of Trieste, ASUGI, University of Trieste; 18Department of Neurosciences “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin; 19Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome; 20University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro; 21Department of Neuroscience - Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan; 22University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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  • The history of Italian neuropsychiatry and the role of Onofrio Fragnito (1871-1959) The history of Italian neuropsychiatry

    Mariano Martini, Francesco Brigo, Davide Orsini
    e2023014
    01-08-2023
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  • The Italian contribution to the anatomo-clinical method and physical examination in the history of neurology

    Francesco Brigo, Lorenzo Russo, Mariano Martini
    e2022024
    06-12-2022
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  • Alexithymia profile across migraine subtypes: a cross-sectional study

    Marina Romozzi, Sonia Di Tella, Catello Vollono, Chiara Abagnale, Gabriele Sebastianelli, Giuliana Ricotta, Cherubino Di Lorenzo, Luigi Francesco Iannone, Costanza Sottani, Raffaele Turano, Isabella Anzuino, Maria Caterina Silveri, Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Casillo, Gianluca Coppola
    25-08-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15781
    744
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  • Anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies and migraine with aura: a narrative review

    Danilo Antonio Montisano, Marcella De Luca, Sara Giannoni, Giada Giuliani, Marilena Marcosano, Antonio Munafò, Daniele Pala, Federica Pes, Marina Romozzi, Gabriele Sebastianelli
    12-09-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15789
    756
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  • Cytokines, BDNF, and CGRP levels in tear fluid of migraine patients assessed using a novel non-invasive approach

    Marina Romozzi, Lucia Di Nardo, Vincenzo Trigila, Giovanni Cuffaro, Gustavo Savino, Stanislao Rizzo, Luigi Francesco Iannone, Sonia Di Tella, Antoinette MaassenVanDenBrink, Catello Vollono, Paolo Calabresi
    04-12-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15795
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  • PO-75 | Network meta-analysis comparing efficacy and safety outcomes of atogepant, rimegepant, and galcanezumab in patients with episodic migraine after including CHALLENGE-MIG Trial Jessica Ailani,1 Pranav Gandhi,2 Anjana Lalla,2 Peter McAllister,3 Tanya Bilchik,4 Stephanie Nahas,5 David Rowe,6 Cristiano Piron,6 Kari Kelton,6 Raffaello Masselli*, Rashmi Halker Singh7 | 1MedStar Health, Washington DC, USA; 2AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA; 3New England Institute for Neurology and Headache, Stamford, CT USA; 4Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; 5Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA USA; 6Medical Decision Modeling Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA; 7Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA *Abbvie Srl, Rome, Italy. This individual has been added to this publication author by-line, with the permission of the original authors, for the express purpose of conducting the presentation at a local congress or in a local language. He did not contribute to the content of the publication.

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    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15899
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  • Kinetic oscillation stimulation for the preventive treatment of refractory chronic migraine: a case series

    Giorgio Liaci, Claudia Altamura, Nicoletta Brunelli, Alessandro Alesina, Luisa Fofi, Maria Pia Prudenzano, Fabrizio Vernieri
    02-01-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2024.15776
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  • OC-14 | Efficacy of eptinezumab during a migraine attack: preliminary data from an Italian multicenter real-world experience (the BEFREE study) Luisa Fofi,1 Claudia Altamura,1 Marilena Marcosano,1 Alberto Doretti,2 Francesca Pistoia,3 Antonio Granato,4 Simona Guerzoni,5 Michele Trimboli,6 Licia Grazzi,7 Danilo Antonio Montisano,7 Gianluca Avino,8 Gabriele Sebastianelli,9 Carla Fasano,10 Elisa Maria Piella,11 Nicoletta Brunelli,1 Luigi Francesco Iannone,5,12 Fabrizio Vernieri1 on behalf of the Italian Headache Registry (RICe) Study Group | 1Neurosonology and Headache Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico, Rome; 2IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience - Milan; 3University of L’Aquila; 4Headache Center, Neurology Clinic, University of Trieste, University Hospital of Trieste; 5AOU Policlinico di Modena; 6Azienda Ospedaliera-universitaria "Renato Dulbecco", Catanzaro; 7Headache Center, Neuroalgology Dpt, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, Milan; 8SOC Neurologia, Ospedale Santo Stefano, USL Toscana Centro, Prato; 9La Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Latina; 10Headache and Cerebrovascular Diseases Center, Neurology Unit 2, Careggi University Hospital, Florence; 11Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin; 12Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

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    06-11-2025
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  • PO-91 | Real-world evidence of CGRP dual blockade: clinical and biomarker insights from combined therapy in chronic migraine Laura Marino,1 Marta Lioi1, Rosario Iannacchero,2 Michele Trimboli2 | 1Department of Neurology, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro; 2Institute of Neurology, AOU Renato Dulbecco, Catanzaro, Italy

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    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15915
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  • PO-52 | Long-term efficacy of CGRP mAbs: new insights and current evidence Oreste Marsico,1 Marta Lioi,2 Rosario Iannacchero,3 Michele Trimboli3 | 1Department of Neuroscience, “Giovanni Paolo II” Hospital, Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro, Italy; 2Department of Neurology, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy; 3Institute of Neurology, AOU Renato Dulbecco, Catanzaro, Italy

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    06-11-2025
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  • OC-21 | Coping and pain catastrophizing in migraine patients and their mothers: a comparison between mothers with and without migraine Martina Proietti Checchi,1 Samuela Tarantino,1 Fabiana Ursitti,1 Giorgia Sforza,1 Gabriele Monte,1 Alessandro Borrelli,1 Massimiliano Valeriani,1,2,3 Laura Papetti1 | 1Developmental Neurology, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy; 2Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy; 3Translational Pain Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, CNAP, Dept. of Health Science and Technology, School of Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark

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    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15818
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  • The effectiveness of mindfulness as a complementary therapy in headache patients: a preliminary interventional study

    Emanuela Principe, Melissa Pirrotta, Nicola Fava, Carmen Marchio, Laura Maria Catalano, Rosario Iannacchero, Domenico Bosco
    16-12-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15788
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  • PO-32 | Post-traumatic painful trigeminal neuropathy (13.1.2.3 - ICHD-3) following misguided gamma knife surgery: a case of diagnostic oversight with lasting consequences Marta Lioi,1 Laura Marino,1 Michele Trimboli2 | 1Department of Neurology, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy; 2Institute of Neurology, AOU Renato Dulbecco, Catanzaro, Italy

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    06-11-2025
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  • PO-86 | CGRP, VIP and PACAP plasmatic levels in migraine patients before and after anti-CGRP(R) monoclonal antibodies prophylaxis Alessia Bellotti,1 Davide Chiasserini,2 Alfredo Megaro,2 Daniela Fruttini,3 Pierluigi Navarra,4 Giuseppe Tringali,4 Paolo Calabresi,5 Lucilla Parnetti,1 Paola Sarchielli1 | 1Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Neurology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; 2Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; 3Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; 4Department of Healthcare Surveillance and Bioethics, Section of Pharmacology, Catholic University Medical School, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Rome, Italy; 5Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Neurology, Catholic University Medical School, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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    06-11-2025
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  • OC-19 | A multicenter, retrospective case series of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias in children and adolescents Alessandro Borrelli,1 Vittorio Sciruicchio,2 Alessandro Ferretti,3 Irene Toldo,4 Antonia Versace,5 Elisabetta Tozzi,6 Agnese Onofri,7 Giorgia Sforza,1 Gabriele Monte,1 Fabiana Ursitti,1 Massimiliano Valeriani,1,8,9 Laura Papetti1 | 1Developmental Neurology Unit, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome; 2Children Epilepsy and EEG Center, San Paolo Hospital, ASL Bari;3Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health & Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine & Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome; 4Pediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Woman's and Child Health, University of Padua; 5A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Department of Pediatric Emergency, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Turin; 6Department of Clinical Medicine, Public Health, Life and Environmental Sciences, L'Aquila; 7Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy; 8Tor Vergata University of Rome, Systems Medicine Department, Rome, Italy; 9Aalborg University, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg, Denmark

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    06-11-2025
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  • PO-44 | Effectiveness of fremanezumab as preventive treatment of migraine up to 24 months: response rates from the Italian analysis of the PEARL study Alberto Doretti,1 Anna Ambrosini,2 Simone Braca,3 Florindo D’Onofrio,4 Elisa Maria Piella,5 Pinar Kokturk,6 Rosario Iannacchero7 | 1Department of Neurology-Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy; 2Mediterranean Neurological Institute NEUROMED IRCCS, Pozzilli (IS), Italy; 3Headache Centre, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy; 4UOSD Stroke Unit, S.G. Moscati Hospital, Avellino, Italy; 5Neurosciences Department, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; 6Teva Netherlands B.V., Haarlem, The Netherlands; 7Department of Neurology, Headache Center, Regional Hospital “Pugliese-Ciaccio”, Catanzaro, Italy

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    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15866
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  • Persistent idiopathic facial pain, a challenging diagnostic entity: clinical series from a third-level headache center

    Danilo Antonio Montisano, Alberto Raggi, Marina De Tommaso, Licia Grazzi
    10-01-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2024.15773
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    PDF: 231
  • Plasma CGRP but not PACAP-38 concentrations are associated with response to anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies in migraine

    Elisa Rubino, Andrea Marcinnò, Silvia Boschi, Elisa Maria Piella, Alberto Mario Chiarandon, Fausto Roveta, Erica Gallo, Innocenzo Rainero
    26-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15790
    186
    PDF: 61
  • The history of Encephalitis Lethargica: an Italian treatment for a still little-known disease. The experience of the Siena psychiatric hospital in the first half of the twentieth century. in a museum and archival research.

    Mariano Martini, Francesco Brigo, Davide Orsini
    e2023002
    27-04-2023
    434
    PDF: 1380
  • PO-03 | Intracranial incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a pediatric population with primary headache: our experience and management Fabiana Ursitti,1 Filippo Tripodi,1 Laura Papetti,1 Giorgia Sforza,1 Gabriele Monte,1 Alessandro Borrelli,1 Samuela Tarantino,1 Martina Proietti Checchi,1 Massimiliano Valeriani1-3 | 1Developmental Neurology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy; 2Child Neurology Unit, Systems Medicine Department, Tor Vergata University Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy; 3Translational Pain Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, CNAP, Department of Health Science and Technology, School of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15824
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  • PO-36 | An atypical presentation of Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome: a case report Marco Bolchini, Matteo Cortinovis, Paola Zavarise, Giulia Campana, Giorgio Dalla Volta | Neurology Unit and Headache Center, Istituto Clinico Città di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15858
    184
  • PO-02 | Migraine in youth: a double challenge to cognition and emotion Samuela Tarantino,1 Martina Proietti Checchi,1 Laura Papetti,1 Fabiana Ursitti,1 Gabriele Monte,1 Giorgia Sforza,1 Massimiliano Valeriani,1-3 | 1Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy; 2Systems Medicine Department, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 3Translational Pain Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, CNAP, Dept. of Health Science and Technology, School of Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15823
    197
  • PO-23 | Hemicrania continua-like headache in familial SDHD-related paragangliomas: a diagnostic challenge A. Di Chirico, L. Curto, G. Procopio, L. Troilo, G. Siciliano, F. Baldacci, S. Gori | Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa-AOUP, Pisa, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15845
    152
  • PO-68 | Bipolar disorder spectrum and psychopathology in cluster headache compared to migraine: a cross-sectional study in a hospital headache clinic Isabella Getuli, Giada Giuliani, Chiara Zilli, Simone Preti, Gaia Chiecchi, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Marta Altieri | Dipartimento di Neuroscienze Umane, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15891
    192
  • OC-04 | The chronopharmacology of atogepant in migraine prevention: a real-world evaluation of influence of timing of administration on effectiveness and tolerability Luigi Francesco Iannone,1,2 Gabriele Sebastianelli,3 Flavia Lo Castro,2 Federico De Santis,4 Michele Corrado,5 Marilena Marcosano,6,7 Raffaele Ornello,4 Licia Grazzi,8 Danilo Antonio Montisano,8 Francesco De Cesaris,9 Antonio Munafò,9 Gianluca Avino,10 Michele Trimboli,11 Maria Albanese,12 Antonio Russo,13 Giorgio Dalla Volta,14 Marina Romozzi,15 Paola Merlo,16 Luisa Fofi,6,7 Alberto Doretti,17 Gloria Vaghi,5 Francesca Pistoia,4 Delfina Ferrandi,18 Stefania Battistini,19 Gianluca Coppola,3 Simona Sacco,4 Simona Guerzoni,2 Claudia Altamura,6,7 Fabrizio Vernieri,6,7 On behalf of the Italian Headache Registry (RICe) Study Group | 1Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; 2Pharmacology and Clinical Metabolic Toxicology-Headache Center and Drug Abuse-Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, AOU Policlinico di Modena; 3Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Latina; 4Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila; 5Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Headache Science and Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia; 6Headache Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Roma; 7Neurology Unit, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma; 8Neuroalgology Unit and Headache Center, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan; 9Headache center and Clinical Pharmacology, AOU Careggi, Florence; 10SOC Neurologia, Ospedale di Prato; 11Azienda Ospedaliera-universitaria "Renato Dulbecco", Catanzaro; 12Università Roma Tor Vergata, Roma; 13Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli; 14U.O Neurologia, Istituto Clinico Città di Brescia, Gruppo San Donato, Brescia; 15Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy; 16UO di Neurologia, Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; 17Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano; 18Neurology Department, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria; 19Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15801
    107
  • PO-35 | Treatment of chronic and episodic migraine with atogepant improves quality of life in patients with comorbid multiple sclerosis: the experience of the Headache Center at Spaziani Hospital, Frosinone Laura Borrello; Fabiana Marinelli; Maria Lorena Marziale; Ilaria Avallone; Fulvio Ferrante; Roberto De Simone | Neurology Unit, Headache Center, Multiple Sclerosis Center, UOC Pharmacy, Spaziani Hospital, Frosinone (FR), Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15857
    125
  • Proposal of combination therapies to treat refractory chronic migraine

    Damiana Scuteri, Martina Pagliaro, Andrea Monteleone, Assunta Tarsitano, Rosario Iannacchero, Marilù Vulnera, Giorgio Sandrini, Paolo Tonin, Giacinto Bagetta, Maria Tiziana Corasaniti
    e2023020
    15-12-2023
    213
    PDF: 97
  • PO-89 | Alcohol and headache: an update Alessandro Panconesi,1,2 Maria Letizia Bartolozzi1 | 1Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, Health Authority, Empoli; 2Clinical Research Institute Ecomedica, Empoli, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15913
    331
  • PO-21 | Evaluating the impact of anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies on retinal features in migraine patients: a retrospective optical coherence tomography study Chiara Serafini,1 Massimo Cesareo,2 Alessio Martucci,2 Marco Lombardo,2 Vittoria Carla D’Agostino,1 Alessandro Stefani,3 Carlo Nucci,2 Nicola Biagio Mercuri,1,3 Maria Albanese1,3 | 1Regional Referral Headache Center, Neurology Unit, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy 2Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome; 3Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15843
    195
  • Malattia: un'idea di cui abbiamo davvero bisogno?

    Mariano Martini, Francesco Brigo
    e2023015
    01-08-2023
    168
    PDF: 142
  • Migraine management in adolescents: treatment requires a multimodal approach

    Licia Grazzi, Paul B. Rizzoli, Danilo Antonio Montisano, Alberto Raggi
    30-06-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15782
    760
    PDF: 203
  • PO-12 | The long-term efficacy on migraine of non-ketogenic low-carb diet after treatment with ketogenic diet Silvia Favaretto,1 Francesco Francini Pesenti2 | 1Headache centre, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, University Hospital of Padua; 2Department of Medicine (DIMED), Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital of Padua, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15833
    253
  • PO-62 | Preventive migraine treatment in patients under 25: a 24-month observational study on adherence, therapeutic switching, and prescription determinant factors Marilena Marcosano,1 Nicoletta Brunelli,1 Luisa Fofi,1 Laura Papetti,2 Fabiana Ursitti,2 Massimiliano Valeriani,2 Fabrizio Vernieri,1 Claudia Altamura1 | 1Headache and Neurosonology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Biomedico di Rome, Rome, Italy; 2Developmental Neurology, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15885
    102
  • PO-80 | Real-world effectiveness of atogepant for the preventive treatment of migraine in a cohort of multi -refractory patients: a single center study M. De Luca,1 L. Ferraù,1 A. Cafarchio,2 M.S. Adragna,1 M. Autunno1 | 1Unit of Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy; 2Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “Vincenzo Tibero” DIMES, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15904
    199
  • OC-18 | Effectiveness of fremanezumab up to 12 months in different subgroups of participants: results from the Italian analysis of the PEARL study Raffaele Ornello,1 Gisella Airola,2 Letizia Curto,3 Diletta Alivernini,4 Chiara Abagnale,5 Pinar Kokturk,6 Yan Tereshko7 | 1Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila; 2Department of Surgical Sciences, Women's Headache Center, University of Turin; 3Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa; 4Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome; 5Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino ICOT, Latina, Italy; 6TEVA Pharmaceuticals Europe B.V., Haarlem, The Netherlands; 7Clinical Neurology, Department of Head-Neck and Neuroscience, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASU FC), Udine, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15815
    97
  • PO-43 | Eptinezumab in migraine patients unresponsive to prior subcutaneous CGRP(-R) monoclonal antibody treatment: a retrospective case series Elena Cresta, Irene Mattioli, Michele Di Pasquale, Alice Lanfranchi, Renata Rao, Alessandro Padovani | Neurology Unit and Headache Centre, Dipartimento di continuità di cura e fragilità, ASST Spedali Civili e Università degli studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15865
    177
  • PO-10 | Differential diagnosis between symptomatic focal occipital epilepsy and headache: a case report Federica Molaschi,1 Barbara Lauria,2 Giulia Grasso,2 Cristina Vassia,2 Francesca Torta,3 Antonia Versace,2 Carlotta Canavese3 | 1University of Turin, SC U Child Neuropsychiatry, Regina Margherita Hospital, Turin; 2Department of Pediatric Emergency, Pediatric Headache Centre, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, Turin; 3Department of Child Pathology and Care “Regina Margherita”, SSD Pediatric Neurology, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15831
    286
  • PO-27 | A monitoring of intracranial hypertension through the valuation of optic nerve sheath diameter with bedside ultrasounds. A case report Antonio Taglialatela,1 Camilla Gaiga,1 Simone Lorenzut,2 Enrico Belgrado,2 Mariarosaria Valente1,3 | 1Clinical Neurology Unit, Department of Head, neck and neurosurgery, Udine University Hospital, Udine; 2Neurology Unit, "Head, Neck and Neurosciences" Department, University Hospital of Udine; 3Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15849
    163
  • OC-15 | Electroencephalography recording during visual aura in migraine: results by quantitative analysis Salvatore Maria Lima,1 Massimo Gangitano,1 Vincenzo Di Stefano,1 Vincenzo Raieli,2 Filippo Brighina1 | 1Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and advanced Diagnostic (BIND), University of Palermo; 2Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit-ISMEP, "G. Di Cristina" Children's Hospital-ARNAS Civico, Palermo, Italy

    Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Cefalee (SISC)
    06-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/cc.2025.15812
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