[Migraine in childhood: lipid metabolism and its implications].

Hyperlipemia has been recently described in children with migraine, being suggested that this alteration is in the base of the disease. In 35 children with intense migraine we have measured the plasmatic levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and lipoproteins. In all patients the triglycerides and LDL levels were normal; the cholesterol levels were elevated in 4 children; in 8 it was observed an elevation of HDL fraction and in 11 VLDL was the elevated fraction. Facing this results, we think that hyperlipemia and hypercholesteremia are not in etiologic relation with the migraine in children.