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İpekdal, H.İ., Yiğitoğlu, P.H., Eker, A. et al. Occipital neuralgia as an unusual manifestation of herpes zoster infection of the lesser occipital nerve: a case report. Acta Neurol Belg 113, 201–202 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-012-0126-x
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