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The Discovery of Critical Illness Polyneuropathy: A Memoir

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Charles F. Bolton
Charles F. Bolton*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Etherington Hall, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Etherington Hall, 94 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , July 2010 , pp. 431 - 438
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