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A Case Report of an Isolated Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Causing Stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Mohammed Alhazzaa ,
Mukul Sharma  and
Grant Stotts
Mohammed Alhazzaa
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mukul Sharma
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Grant Stotts*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
Department of Neurology, The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, C2, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 158 - 160
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 2011

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