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Case Report

Craniopharyngioma in a young woman with symptoms presenting as mechanical neck pain associated with cervicogenic headache: a case report

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Pages 549-558 | Received 28 Oct 2017, Accepted 25 May 2019, Published online: 04 Jul 2019

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