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Diagnostic dilemmas and subarachnoid subtleties: What to do when the evidence gives you a headache

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Michael J. Schull*
Affiliation:
Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Department of Emergency Services, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont
*
G-147, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, Toronto ON M4N 3M5; 416 480-6100 x3793, fax 416 480-6048, mjs@ices.on.ca

Abstract

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Type
Commentary • Commentaire
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2002

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