Episodic and Chronic Migraine Headache: Breaking Down Barriers to Optimal Treatment and Prevention

 

Release Date: February 1, 2015

Last Reviewed: December 11, 2014

Expiration Date: January 31, 2016

 

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Edwin S. Lowe Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health

Director, Montefiore Headache Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY

 

Director, Jefferson Headache Center

Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience

Professor, Department of Neurology

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

 

This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of neurologists, headache specialists, primary care physicians, and other HCPs who treat patients who suffer from migraine.

 

Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

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This activity is supported by an educational grant from Allergan, Inc.

 

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