Refractory Migraine and Chronic Migraine: Pathophysiological Mechanisms
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عنوان ژورنال: Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0017-8748,1526-4610
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01274.x