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Designing Studies for Cluster Headache: Lessons Learned

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Bigal, M.E. Designing Studies for Cluster Headache: Lessons Learned. Curr Pain Headache Rep 15, 235–236 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-011-0197-z

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