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Neurocritical Care in Canada: Evolving Streams in a New Discipline

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Eyad Al Thenayan ,
Charles Bolton ,
Draga Jichici ,
Martin Savard ,
Jeanne Teitelbaum ,
Bryan Young  and
David Zygun
Eyad Al Thenayan
Affiliation:
Critical Care Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Charles Bolton
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
Draga Jichici*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurology and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Martin Savard
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec
Jeanne Teitelbaum
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, PQ
Bryan Young
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences and Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
David Zygun
Affiliation:
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*
85 Norfolk St., Guelph, Ontario, N1H 4J4, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , September 2008 , pp. 405 - 408
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2008

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