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Too Much of a Good Thing? Brain Hyper Excitability and Migraine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Werner J. Becker  and
Prin Chitsantikul
Werner J. Becker
Affiliation:
University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Prin Chitsantikul
Affiliation:
University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , March 2011 , pp. 189 - 190
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