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Subcommittees Working groups

Subcommittees

First Headache Classification Subcommittee Members

Jes Olesen, Denmark (Chairman)
André Bes, France
Robert Kunkel, USA
James W Lance, Australia
Giuseppe Nappi, Italy
Volker Pfaffenrath, Germany
Frank Clifford Rose, United Kingdom
Bruce S Schoenberg, USA (deceased)
Dieter Soyka, Germany
Peer Tfelt-Hansen, Denmark (Secretary)
K Michael A Welch, USA
Marica Wilkinson, United Kingdom

Second Headache Classification Subcommittee Members

Jes Olesen, Denmark (Chairman)
Marie-Germaine Bousser, France
Hans-Christoph Diener, Germany
David Dodick, USA
Michael First, USA
Peter J Goadsby, United Kingdom
Hartmut Göbel, Germany
Miguel JA Lainez, Spain
James W Lance, Australia
Richard B Lipton, USA
Giuseppe Nappi, Italy
Fumihiko Sakai, Japan
Jean Schoenen, Belgium
Stephen D Silberstein, USA
Timothy J Steiner, United Kingdom (Secretary)

Sitemap

Consult the Sitemap to learn more about the structure of the classification and its main chapters.

IHS vs. ICD-10

To facilitate headache diagnosis in daily practice, the classification provides the corresponding WHO ICD-10NA codes for each IHS code.

IHS Subcommittee

The Classification Subcommittee prepares and revises the International Classification of Headache Disorders.

Downloads

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Cephalalgia

Cephalalgia is the official journal of the IHS. It contains original papers on all aspects of headache. The journal provides an international forum for original research papers, review articles and short communications.www.cephalalgia.org

IHS Discussion Group

Ask questions and share information about the 2nd edition of the Headache Classification in one of our peer-to-peer forums. To the Discussion Group

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