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Systemic Sclerosis, Transient Neurological Symptoms, and Macrovascular Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Marc R. Fournier ,
Brian J. Schmidt  and
David B. Robinson
Marc R. Fournier
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Sections of General Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Brian J. Schmidt*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
David B. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*
Room F-543, Section of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg Manitoba R3A 1R9, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 121 - 124
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