PNL8 TRIPTANS IN THE ACUTE TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE: COSTEFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS BASED ON NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT AND DOSES NEEDED TO TREAT
โ Scribed by A Dugar; PJ Healey; K Weis
- Book ID
- 119593198
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 47 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1098-3015
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