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Case 2-2025: A 21-Year-Old Man with Loss of Consciousness and a Fall
Eric F Shappell1, Brooks P Applewhite1, Sharl S Azar1
1From the Departments of Emergency Medicine (E.F.S.), Radiology (B.P.A.), Medicine (S.S.A.), and Neurology (D.J.L.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Emergency Medicine (E.F.S.), Radiology (B.P.A.), Medicine (S.S.A.), and Neurology (D.J.L.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.
The New England Journal of Medicine
|January 15, 2025
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