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Cluster-like headache as an opening symptom of cervical spinal epidural abscess

Kuan-Ting Liu
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Kuan-Ting Liu
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan, Republic of China
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2008.07.014

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