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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Andrew Healey  and
Tia Renouf
Andrew Healey
Affiliation:
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld.
Tia Renouf*
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
*
Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Health Sciences Centre, 300 Prince Phillip Dr., St. John's NL A1B 3V6; trenouf@attglobal.net

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Type
Diagnostic Challenge • Défi diagnostique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , July 2005 , pp. 286 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2005

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