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A Patient With Leg Weakness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Julia Keith ,
Michael Nicolle ,
Elena Tugaleva ,
Michael Shkrum ,
Juan Bilbao  and
Robert Hammond
Julia Keith
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, London Health Sciences Centre and University of Western Ontario, London
Michael Nicolle
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre and University of Western Ontario, London
Elena Tugaleva
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, London Health Sciences Centre and University of Western Ontario, London
Michael Shkrum
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook and Women's Hospital and, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Juan Bilbao
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology and Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre and University of Western Ontario, London
Robert Hammond
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, London Health Sciences Centre and University of Western Ontario, London
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 92 - 98
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