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Conversion Disorder after Surgery in a Brain Tumour Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Kathleen Joy Khu ,
Sherese Ali  and
Mark Bernstein
Kathleen Joy Khu
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Sherese Ali
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Mark Bernstein*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
*
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, 4West Wing, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 293 - 295
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