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Illicit Drugs and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome. / Short, Katherine; Emsley, Hedley C. A.
In: The Neurohospitalist, Vol. 11, No. 1, 01.01.2021, p. 40-44.

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Short, K & Emsley, HCA 2021, 'Illicit Drugs and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome', The Neurohospitalist, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1941874420953051

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Short, K., & Emsley, H. C. A. (2021). Illicit Drugs and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome. The Neurohospitalist, 11(1), 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1941874420953051

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Short K, Emsley HCA. Illicit Drugs and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome. The Neurohospitalist. 2021 Jan 1;11(1):40-44. Epub 2020 Sept 2. doi: 10.1177/1941874420953051

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Short, Katherine ; Emsley, Hedley C. A. / Illicit Drugs and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome. In: The Neurohospitalist. 2021 ; Vol. 11, No. 1. pp. 40-44.

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