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When evaluating a patient with cervical pain, which group of conditions represents the principal serious pathologies targeted by red-flag screening?

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Disc degeneration, facet arthropathy, muscle strain, and cervicogenic headache

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Fracture or instability, malignancy, infection, cord compression, and inflammatory disease

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Cervical radiculopathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff disease, and lateral epicondylitis

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Discogenic pain, postural pain, myofascial pain, and muscular deconditioning

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Migraine, tension-type headache, peripheral neuropathy, and shoulder impingement

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