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An Unusual Presentation of Neurosarcoidosis in an 11-Year-Old Boy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

V. Scholten
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
W. M. ten Hove
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
E. A. Macdonald*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*
Children’s Outpatient Center, Hotel Dieu Hospital, 166 Brock St., Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5G2, Canada.
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