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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Medication overuse headache – An under-diagnosed problem in shunted idiopathic intracranial hypertension patients

Ruth-Mary deSouzaVictor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ahmed TomaVictor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
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Laurence WatkinsVictor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
Pages 30-34 | Received 13 Mar 2014, Accepted 27 Jul 2014, Published online: 19 Aug 2014

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