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Thoracic Myelopathy from Coincident Fluorosis and Epidural Lipomatosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Lorraine V. Kalia ,
Liesly Lee ,
Suneil K. Kalia ,
Farhad Pirouzmand ,
Mark J. Rapoport ,
Richard I. Aviv ,
Dan Mozeg  and
Sean P. Symons
Lorraine V. Kalia
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Liesly Lee
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Suneil K. Kalia
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Farhad Pirouzmand
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mark J. Rapoport
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard I. Aviv
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dan Mozeg
Affiliation:
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sean P. Symons*
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 276 - 278
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