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. 2004 Oct;17(4):418-9.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2004.11928006.

Swimmer's headache, or supraorbital neuralgia

John C O'Brien Jr  1
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Swimmer's headache, or supraorbital neuralgia

John C O'Brien Jr. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2004 Oct.
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Nerves affected in the 3 described cases of swimmer's headache, (a) Nerves affected in letter 1. (b) Nerves affected in letter 2 and in the author's recent patient. LifeArt image copyright Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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