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Oral rizatriptan—an effective migraine therapy in pediatric patients?

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boxed-textAhonen K et al. (2006) A randomized trial of rizatriptan in migraine attacks in children. Neurology 67: 1135–1140

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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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