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Neuroimaging Findings in Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Simon G. Bicknell  and
John D. Stewart
Simon G. Bicknell*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
John D. Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine & Division of Neurology, Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
*
Department of Radiology, Lions Gate Hospital, 231 E 15th Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7L 2L7, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 4 , July 2011 , pp. 656 - 658
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2011

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