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A Treatable Mimic of Chiari Malformation with Syringomyelia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Jocelyn Zwicker  and
Cheemun Lum
Jocelyn Zwicker*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cheemun Lum
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
Division of Neurology, Ottawa Hospital, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada
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Type
Neuroimaging Highlight
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , July 2009 , pp. 480 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2009

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