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Migraine Intervention With STARFlex Technology Trial. A Controversial Trial of Migraine and Patent Foramen Ovale Closure

John D. Carroll MD^*

From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: john.carroll{at}uchsc.edu.

Key words: Editorials • heart defects, congenital • migraine • patent foramen ovale • trials

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