Unilateral Exertional Headache as a Symptom of Cardiac Ischemia
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عنوان ژورنال: Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0017-8748,1526-4610
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1998.3804315.x