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E.nartowv@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-609XAltai State Medical UniversityNeuroclinic Co.1708201910260651506201925062019Copyright © 2019, Parkhomenko E.V., Nartov S.E.2019<p>The article presents diagnostic criteria, comparative characteristics of short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks, including short-term unilateral neuralgic headaches with conjunctival injection and lacrimation (SUNCT) and short-term unilateral neuralgic headaches with cranial autonomic symptoms (SUNA), differential diagnosis with trigeminal neuralgia.</p>short-term unilateral neuralgic headaches with conjunctival injection and lacrimation (SUNCT)short-term unilateral neuralgic headaches with cranial autonomic symptoms (SUNA)trigeminal neuralgiadifferential diagnosistreatmentкратковременные односторонние невралгические головные боли с инъецированием конъюнктивы и слезотечениемкратковременные односторонние невралгические приступы головной боли с краниальными вегетативными симптомамитригеминальная невралгиядифференциальная диагностикалечение[Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS) The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition. 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