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¹ From the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.F.), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.H.C., S.E.C.), and the Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Toronto; the Department of Genetics and Development (J.C.F.), Toronto Western Research Institute; the Lyndhurst Centre (J.C.F.), Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Division of Neuropathology (S.E.C.), Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada. jcfurlan@gmail.com.
² From the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.F.), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.H.C., S.E.C.), and the Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Toronto; the Department of Genetics and Development (J.C.F.), Toronto Western Research Institute; the Lyndhurst Centre (J.C.F.), Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Division of Neuropathology (S.E.C.), Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada.

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Julio C Furlan et al. Neurology. 2014.

. 2014 Jun 17;82(24):e212-3.

doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000516.

¹ From the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.F.), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.H.C., S.E.C.), and the Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Toronto; the Department of Genetics and Development (J.C.F.), Toronto Western Research Institute; the Lyndhurst Centre (J.C.F.), Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Division of Neuropathology (S.E.C.), Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada. jcfurlan@gmail.com.
² From the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.F.), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.H.C., S.E.C.), and the Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Toronto; the Department of Genetics and Development (J.C.F.), Toronto Western Research Institute; the Lyndhurst Centre (J.C.F.), Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Division of Neuropathology (S.E.C.), Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada.

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