Recurrent thunderclap headaches from reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome associated with duloxetine, xylometazoline and rhinitis medicamentosa.

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Division of Allergy and Immunology (Pham), Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.; Division of Neurology (Gosselin-Lefebvre), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec-Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Université Laval, Québec, Que.; Division of Allergy and Immunology (Pourshahnazari), University of British Columbia; Division of Neurology (Yip), Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Published: November 2020

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