Spinal hematoma complicating a Churg-Strauss syndrome patient: a previously unreported association
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Camila Cristina Kukita, André Luiz Nunes Gobatto, Alice Zoghbi Lobo, Leandro Utino Taniguchi I Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Discipline of Emergency Medicine, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. II Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Department of Dermatology, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. III Hospital Sı́rio Libanês, Intensive Care Unit, São Paulo/SP, Brazil.
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