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Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma Following Weight Lifting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Aleksander M. Vitali  and
Paul Steinbok
Aleksander M. Vitali
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, a part of Children’s and Women’s Health Centre, and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Paul Steinbok
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, a part of Children’s and Women’s Health Centre, and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , May 2008 , pp. 262 - 264
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