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. 2010 May 9;11(5):445–446. doi: 10.1007/s10194-010-0220-5

Stabbing headache as the initial manifestation of herpetic meningoencephalitis

Luis Fabiano Marin ^1,^✉, Andre Carvalho Felício ¹, William Adolfo Celso Santos ¹, Paulo Cesar Floriano Silva ², Jean Carlo Gorinchteyn ², Ivan Silva Marinho ²

PMCID: PMC3452269 PMID: 20454991

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