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Confusion in Giant Cell Arteritis - A Diagnostic Challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2014

M. Maharaj ,
L. Shimon  and
D. Brake
M. Maharaj*
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine/Neurology, Cape Breton Regional Hospital
L. Shimon
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine/Neurology, Cape Breton Regional Hospital
D. Brake
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine/Critical Care, Health Park, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
Internal Medicine/Neurology, Cape Breton Regional Hospital, 1482 George Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 1P3, Canada. Email: maharajm@cbdha.nshealth.ca.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , July 2014 , pp. 535 - 537
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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