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Recurrent Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in a Canadian Aboriginal Child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Essam Howayyer
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Aizeddin A. Mhanni
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jens Wrogemann
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Michael S. Salman*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Section of Pediatric Neurology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*
Section of Pediatric Neurology, Children's Hospital, AE 308, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9, Canada
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2011

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