In the originally published article there was an error in Table 1. The reduction in monthly migraine days over 12 weeks versus placebo with quarterly fremanezumab was incorrectly given as “-0.6”; this should read “-3.7”.
In the originally published article there was an error in Table 1. The reduction in monthly migraine days over 12 weeks versus placebo with quarterly fremanezumab was incorrectly given as “-0.6”; this should read “-3.7”.
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