Migraine Care in the Era of COVID‐19: Clinical Pearls and Plea to Insurers
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Acknowledgements
This is a highlights summary of an oral session given at the AHSAM 2020 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting and presented by:
Christina Szperka, MD, MSCE, FAHS
Director, Pediatric Headache Program & Assistant Prof of Neurology & Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The content is produced by Infomedica, the official reporting partner of ASHAM 2020 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting. The summary text was drafted by Goldcrest Medical Writing, reviewed by Marco Vercellino, MD, an independent external expert, and approved by Jessica Ailani, MD, FAHS and Mark J. Burish, MD, PhD, the scientific editors of the program.
The presenting authors of the original session had no part in the creation of this conference highlights summary.
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