Intravenous Nimodipine Treatment for Severe Episode of ATP1A2 Hemiplegic Migraine.

Pediatr Neurol

Department of Pediatric Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Chronically Sick Children, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Institute for Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: November 2020

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