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Cauda equina syndrome: what is the relationship between timing of surgery and outcome?

J. R. W. Gleave Department of Neurological Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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R. MacFarlane Department of Neurological Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 325-328 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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