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Pharmacologic Management of Acute Attacks of Migraine and Prevention of Migraine Headache

Vincenza T. Snow, Kevin Weiss, Eric M. Wall, Christel Mottur-Pilson

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2002

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Abstract

Clinical Guidelines19 November 2002Pharmacologic Management of Acute Attacks of Migraine and Prevention of Migraine HeadacheFREEVincenza Snow, MD, Kevin Weiss, MD, Eric M. Wall, MD, MPH, and Christel Mottur-Pilson, PhD, for the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine*Vincenza Snow, MDFrom American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; and American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Kevin Weiss, MDFrom American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; and American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Eric M. Wall, MD, MPHFrom American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; and American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., and Christel Mottur-Pilson, PhDFrom American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; and American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal…

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