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Published in: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Migraine | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor, Odell 2019

Author: Peter Tuchin

Published in: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies | Issue 1/2019

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Odell et al., should be commended on an important study for chiropractic treatment of chronic migraine [1]. However, in my opinion, there are some significant limitations in the design of the trial. …
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Metadata
Title
Letter to the editor, Odell 2019
Author
Peter Tuchin
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Migraine
Published in
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 2045-709X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-019-0271-x

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