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Restricted Diffusion and Poor Clinical Outcome in Cerebral Fat Embolism Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Gerald Pfeffer  and
Manraj KS Heran
Gerald Pfeffer
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia
Manraj KS Heran*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*
Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 128 - 130
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