Eletriptan in acute migraine: A double-blind, placebo-controlled comparison to sumatriptan

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 736-

  Goadsby, P J ^a   Ferrari, M D ^a   Stovner, L J ^a   Senard, J M ^a   Jackson, N C ^a   Poole, P H ^a  

^a Centre for Telecommunications Research   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037742476     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
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