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Oral rizatriptan—an effective migraine therapy in pediatric patients?

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The synopsis was written by Martina Habeck, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 33, 48129 Münster, Germany everss@uni-muenster.de

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  1. S Evers is Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,

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Evers, S. Oral rizatriptan—an effective migraine therapy in pediatric patients?. Nat Rev Neurol 3, 196–197 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0451

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