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Editorial

Sumatriptan in clinical practice: effectiveness in migraine and the problem of psychiatric comorbidity

Flavia NapoletanoSapienza University, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Rome, Italy
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Luana LionettoSant’Andrea Hospital, Advanced Molecular Diagnostics Unit (Di.M.A.), Rome, Italy
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Paolo MartellettiSapienza University, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Rome, Italy;Sant’Andrea Hospital, Regional Referral Headache Centre, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Rome, Italy+39 06 33 77 67 78; +39 06 33 77 53 23; [email protected]
Pages 303-305 | Published online: 09 Nov 2013

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