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An Unusual Case of Myelopathy: Surfer's Myelopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

P. P. S. Dhaliwal*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
A. Cenic
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
M. Eesa
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A
S. du Plessis
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*
Division of Neurosurgery, Foothills Medical Center, 1403 29th Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4T9
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2011

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