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Benign Post-Partum Reversible Restricted Diffusion Lesion of the Splenium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Rachel Curtis*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary
Toni Winder
Affiliation:
Chinook Regional Hospital, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
James Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary
Michael D. Hill
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary
*
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Rm 1242A, >1403 29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9, Canada. Email: racurtis@shaw.ca
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Abstract

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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