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Tricyclic antidepressant medication, stress management therapy, and their combination in the management of chronic tension-type headache

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Silberstein, S.D. Tricyclic antidepressant medication, stress management therapy, and their combination in the management of chronic tension-type headache. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2, 105–107 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-002-0017-2

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