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Spinal Epidural Abscess

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Shah-Naz Hayat Khan ,
Suzanne Hattingh  and
Robert William Griebel
Shah-Naz Hayat Khan
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Suzanne Hattingh
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Robert William Griebel
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , August 2001 , pp. 254 - 255
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