Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials in Migraine Patients in Basal Conditions and After Chronic Flunarizine Treatment

Abstract

BAEPs have been studied in a group of 20 migraine subjects before and after chronic flunarizine treatment. No statistically significant modifications of neurophysiological parameters have been observed. We confirm flunarizine effectiveness in migraine treatment.

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BAEP flunarizine migraine

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