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Bilateral Thalamic Infarction Following Transsphenoidal Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Tejas Sankar
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jenny Souster
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
David E. Steinke*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
*
2D1.02 Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada.
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2008

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