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Cannabis Use Associated with Capsular Warning Syndrome and Ischemic Stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Moogeh Baharnoori
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Charles D. Kassardjian
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gustavo Saposnik*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Stroke Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Medicine (Neurology), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto 55 Queen St E, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1R6, Canada. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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