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Psychiatric and Psychological Aspects of Migraine

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Migraine has been known from the time of ancient Greco-Roman medicine. It has been studied by physicians throughout the ages, and many eminent physicians and scientists have themselves suffered from it.

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Rees, W.L. (1971). Psychiatric and Psychological Aspects of Migraine. In: Cumings, J.N. (eds) Background to Migraine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4577-1_6

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