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Sandoz Lecture Migraine—A Biochemical Disorder?

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Background to Migraine

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The Sandoz Lectures given thus far have been devoted to an historical survey by one of the originators of the Migraine Trust, to aspects of pharmacology in relation to migraine by an acknowledged expert, and to a clinical review by one of America’s foremost clinicians. All three have been founded on fact together with personal observations; now, however, it has been suggested that biochemical features be the subject of the Lecture. This opens the field for speculation, for there are few undoubted facts available.

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  1. Department of Chemical Pathology, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, W.C.I, UK

    J. N. Cumings M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Path.

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Cumings, J.N. (1971). Sandoz Lecture Migraine—A Biochemical Disorder?. In: Cumings, J.N. (eds) Background to Migraine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4577-1_10

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