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The Optimal Use of Triptans - Sooner is Better

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Paul E. Cooper*
Affiliation:
London, Ontario
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2006

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