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Effectiveness of Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks in Migraine Prophylaxis.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0017-8748,1526-4610
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01668.x