Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 324-327 , March 2008

Does This Emergency Department Patient With Headache Require Neuroimaging?

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PII: S0196-0644(07)00671-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.06.001

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 324-327 , March 2008