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Spontaneous Cervical Spinal Epidural Hematoma Mimicking Acute Stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2014

Ashkan Shoamanesh*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Jose R. Romero
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Carlos S. Kase
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
*
175 Cambridge Street, Suite 300, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA. Email: ashoamanesh@mgh.harvard.edu.
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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