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Women’s Neurology: Why We Need a Subspecialty for Half the Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2023

Mimma Anello*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Aleksandra Pikula
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Esther Bui
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Corresponding author: Mimma Anello, Western University, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, London, Ontario, Canada. Email: mimma.anello@lhsc.on.ca

Abstract

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Type
Commentary
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation

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