Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 124-128 , June 2008

A 13-Year-Old Girl With Headaches While Voiding

Presented during the Section on Emergency Medicine Emergi-Quiz Case Competition at the 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, October 2007.

  • Cara Doughty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Cara Doughty, MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 6621 Fannin MC 1-1481, Houston, TX 77030.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2008.03.004

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 124-128 , June 2008

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