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Repeated Hemicraniectomy for Malignant Cerebral Edema: Getting it Right First Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Dulka Manawadu ,
Ken Butcher  and
J. Max Findlay
Dulka Manawadu
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Ken Butcher
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J. Max Findlay*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
*
Rm. 2D 102 Mackenzie Centre, University Hospital, 8440 112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7
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Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , November 2008 , pp. 652 - 654
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2008

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