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A case of typical headache with an atypical diagnosis

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  1. Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, 06126, Perugia, Italy

    Alessio Pieroni, Valeria Caso & Maurizio Paciaroni

  2. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain Centre, Pain Group, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

    Elisabetta Cittadini

  3. Department of Neuroradiology, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, 06126, Perugia, Italy

    Mohammed Hamam

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Pieroni, A., Caso, V., Cittadini, E. et al. A case of typical headache with an atypical diagnosis. Intern Emerg Med 7 (Suppl 2), 121–123 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-012-0788-7

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