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SMART: stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy or seizures with migraine-like attacks after radiation therapy? Terms do matter in clinical practice

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  1. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

    Michele Ascoli, Edoardo Ferlazzo, Umberto Aguglia & Sara Gasparini

  2. Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital”, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Edoardo Ferlazzo, Vittoria Cianci, Umberto Aguglia & Sara Gasparini

  3. Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy

    Edoardo Ferlazzo & Umberto Aguglia

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Ascoli, M., Ferlazzo, E., Cianci, V. et al. SMART: stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy or seizures with migraine-like attacks after radiation therapy? Terms do matter in clinical practice. Neurol Sci 42, 3447–3448 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05228-9

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