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Autopsy-proven Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis in an Elderly Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Marlise P. dos Santos ,
Jason Martin ,
John Woulfe ,
Siok P. Lim  and
Santanu Chakraborty
Marlise P. dos Santos*
Affiliation:
Medical Imaging Department and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Jason Martin
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Canada
John Woulfe
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Siok P. Lim
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Santanu Chakraborty
Affiliation:
Medical Imaging Department and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*
Medical Imaging Department, The Ottawa Hospital, 01-1-10A - 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada. Email: msantos@toh.on.ca.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 99 - 102
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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