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Summary: Erenumab, the first human monoclonal antibody approved for migraine prophylaxis in adults, has shown significant efficacy in improving the quality of life for Cypriot migraine patients. Patients experienced improvements in mental well-being, anxiety, depression levels, and almost all assessed migraine parameters after receiving erenumab treatment.

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