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Posterior Fossa Arachnoid Cyst Associated with Chiari I and Syringomyelia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Scott A. Marin ,
Christopher R. Skinner  and
Vasco F. Da Silva
Scott A. Marin
Affiliation:
McMaster University School of Medicine, Hamilton
Christopher R. Skinner
Affiliation:
The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Vasco F. Da Silva*
Affiliation:
The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 273 - 275
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