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A Cool-Handed Patient with a Right Hemispheric Stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Glen Jicking
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
James Scozzafava*
Affiliation:
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mickael Mouradian
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Randy MacDonald
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Ashfaq Shuaib
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
*
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9, Canada.
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Abstract

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Type
Peer Reviewed Letter
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2008

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