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Managing Unruptured Aneurysms: The Ethical Solution to the Dilemma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Jean Raymond
Jean Raymond*
Affiliation:
Interventional Neuroradiology Research Unit, Department of Radiology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Canada
*
CHUM - Notre-Dame Hospital, Interventional Neuroradiology (NRI), 1560 Sherbrooke east, Pavilion Simard, room Z12909, Montreal, Quebec, H2L 4M1, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , March 2009 , pp. 138 - 142
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2009

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