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Social Support in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Unmet Tangible Social Support

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Alexander McGirr  and
Michael D. Cusimano
Alexander McGirr*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, St-Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael D. Cusimano
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, St-Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Injury prevention Research Office, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5b 1W8, Canada, email: alexander.mcgirr@alum.utoronto.ca
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 94 - 96
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