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Sprenger, T., Seifert, C.L., Miederer, M. et al. Successful prophylactic treatment of chronic cluster headache with low-dose levomethadone. J Neurol 255, 1832–1833 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-008-0992-6
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