Disagreement with categorization of clinical trials included in Treadwell et al. systematic review and meta-analysis

Affiliations

¹ Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
² Western University Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry-Windsor Campus, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
³ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Rebecca Erwin Wells et al. Headache. 2025 Oct.

. 2025 Oct;65(9):1503-1504.

doi: 10.1111/head.15000. Epub 2025 Jul 25.

¹ Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
² Western University Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry-Windsor Campus, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
³ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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