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1The Headache Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa. drshevel@headclin.com.
Abstract:
In some patients the pain of migraine originates in the extracranial cranial arteries. This article describes the location and a logical examination sequence of the vessels most frequently involved in migraine pain.
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