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Supranuclear Ophthalmoplegia in Powassan Encephalitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Pascale Trépanier ,
Vilayvong Loungnarath ,
Alain Gourdeau ,
Christiane Claessens  and
Martin Savard
Pascale Trépanier
Affiliation:
Département de microbiologie médicale et de maladies infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada
Vilayvong Loungnarath
Affiliation:
Département de microbiologie médicale et de maladies infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada
Alain Gourdeau
Affiliation:
Département d'ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada
Christiane Claessens
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de santé publique de l'Institut national de santé publique du Québec
Martin Savard*
Affiliation:
Département des sciences neurologiques, Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada
*
Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, 1401, 18e Rue, Québec, Québec, G1J 1Z4, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 890 - 892
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