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Editorial
. 2018 Feb 21;19(1):17.
doi: 10.1186/s10194-018-0846-2.

Migraine is first cause of disability in under 50s: will health politicians now take notice?

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Migraine is first cause of disability in under 50s: will health politicians now take notice?

Timothy J Steiner et al. J Headache Pain. .
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Keywords: Burden of disease; Disability; Global Burden of Disease study; Global Campaign against Headache; Headache disorders; Medication-overuse headache; Migraine; Public health; Tension-type headache.

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TJS, LJS, RJ and ZK are Directors and Trustees of Lifting The Burden, a UK-registered non-governmental organization conducting the Global Campaign against Headache in official relations with the World Health Organization. TJS and LJS were Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 collaborators as GBD Experts on headache disorders. TV is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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