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PAUL J. PITLYK, MD; W. NEWLON TAUXE, MD; FREDERICK W. L. KERR, MD; RICHARD E. SEDLACK, MD; HENDRIK J. SVIEN, MD

Arch Neurol. 1963;9(4):437-443.

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Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, MINN

Fellow in Neurosurgery, Mayo Foundation (Dr. Pitlyk); Section of Clinical Pathology (Dr. Tauxe), Section of Neurologic Surgery (Dr. Kerr), Section of Medicine (Dr. Sedlack), Section of Neurologic Surgery (Dr. Svien), Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 5, 1963.

This investigation was supported in part by Research grant B-3296 from the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service.

Abridgment of thesis submitted by Dr. Pitlyk to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Neurosurgery.

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