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Moderation and mediation in the psychological and drug treatment of chronic tension-type headache: The role of disorder severity and psychiatric comorbidity

  • Kenneth A. Holroyd

      Affiliations

    • Psychology Department, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701-2979, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 740 593 1060; fax: +1 740 593 0116.
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  • Jenifer S. Labus

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Connectivity and Computational Statistics Division, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
    • ,
  • Bruce Carlson

      Affiliations

    • Psychology Department, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701-2979, USA

Received 13 October 2008 ,Revised 20 February 2009 ,Accepted 20 February 2009.

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