Does closure of a patent foramen ovale have a role in the treatment of migraine with aura?
✍ Scribed by Domenico D’Amico; Susanna Usai; Luigi Caputi; Gennaro Bussone
- Publisher
- Springer Milan
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-1874
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