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Thunderclap headache management among Emergency Department visitors in tertiary care center in Makkah City: Retrospective cohort study

Fadi S. Althobaiti, Saud Y. Alsharif, Muhannad A. Alhazmi, Abdullah H. BinMelieh, Abdulaziz A. Almqaiti, Ziyad K. Alsaedi, Amal M. Alkhotani and Bassam G. Sef
Neurosciences Journal April 2025, 30 (2) 131-137; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2025.2.20240098
Fadi S. Althobaiti
From the College of Medicine (Althobaiti, Alsharif, BinMelieh, Almqaiti, Alsaedi, Alhazmi), Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm Al-Qura University, and from Neurology Department (Sef), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saud Y. Alsharif
From the College of Medicine (Althobaiti, Alsharif, BinMelieh, Almqaiti, Alsaedi, Alhazmi), Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm Al-Qura University, and from Neurology Department (Sef), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Muhannad A. Alhazmi
From the College of Medicine (Althobaiti, Alsharif, BinMelieh, Almqaiti, Alsaedi, Alhazmi), Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm Al-Qura University, and from Neurology Department (Sef), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah H. BinMelieh
From the College of Medicine (Althobaiti, Alsharif, BinMelieh, Almqaiti, Alsaedi, Alhazmi), Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm Al-Qura University, and from Neurology Department (Sef), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz A. Almqaiti
From the College of Medicine (Althobaiti, Alsharif, BinMelieh, Almqaiti, Alsaedi, Alhazmi), Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm Al-Qura University, and from Neurology Department (Sef), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ziyad K. Alsaedi
From the College of Medicine (Althobaiti, Alsharif, BinMelieh, Almqaiti, Alsaedi, Alhazmi), Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm Al-Qura University, and from Neurology Department (Sef), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amal M. Alkhotani
From the College of Medicine (Althobaiti, Alsharif, BinMelieh, Almqaiti, Alsaedi, Alhazmi), Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm Al-Qura University, and from Neurology Department (Sef), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Bassam G. Sef
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