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What Effect Does an Untreated Aneurysm Have on Life Expectancy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

T.P. Hutchinson*
Affiliation:
School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Abstract

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Type
Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1997

References

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