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A Case of Phenytoin-Induced Encephalopathy in a Mathematician with Stage IV NSCLC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Carmela Pepe  and
Caroline Marchionni
Carmela Pepe
Affiliation:
Montreal, QC, Canada
Caroline Marchionni
Affiliation:
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , September 2011 , pp. 792 - 794
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