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Repeated erythema and pain in the lateral thoracic region due to spinal cord infarction: a case report

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    Tomomichi Kitagawa, Kenichiro Sakai, Tadashi Umehara, Hiroyuki Kida, Takahiro Maku, Takeo Sato, Hiroki Takatsu, Teppei Komatsu, Hidetomo Murakami, Hidetaka Mitsumura & Yasuyuki Iguchi

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Kitagawa, T., Sakai, K., Umehara, T. et al. Repeated erythema and pain in the lateral thoracic region due to spinal cord infarction: a case report. J Neurol 269, 6658–6660 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-022-11264-y

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