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Gouty Arthropathy of the Axial Skeleton Causing Cord Compression and Myelopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

George M. Ibrahim ,
Julius O. Ebinu ,
Laurence A. Rubin ,
Lyne Noel de Tilly  and
Julian Spears
George M. Ibrahim*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Rheumatology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Julius O. Ebinu
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Rheumatology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Laurence A. Rubin
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Rheumatology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lyne Noel de Tilly
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Rheumatology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Julian Spears
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Rheumatology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 6 , November 2011 , pp. 918 - 920
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