The Role of Melatonin in the Treatment of Primary Headache Disorders

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Headache

• Publication date

  2016-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/head.12862PMID 27316772PMCID PMC5012937
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