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Partial Anterior Cervical Cord Infarction Following Vertebral Artery Dissection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

M. Machnowska ,
F. Moien-Afshari ,
C. Voll  and
S. Wiebe
M. Machnowska*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Radiology, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
F. Moien-Afshari
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Radiology, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
C. Voll
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Radiology, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
S. Wiebe
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Radiology, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
*
Departments of Neurology and Radiology Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive - University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N, 0W8, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , November 2008 , pp. 674 - 677
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2008

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