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A 59-year-old man with persistent fever, aphasia and leg pain

Benoît M Labbé, Pierre-Luc Harvey-Michaud and Alexandre Lafleur
CMAJ April 12, 2021 193 (15) E517-E520; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.201491
Benoît M Labbé
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Que.
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vol. 193 no. 15 E517-E520
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.201491
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33846200
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  • Published online April 11, 2021.
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  1. Benoît M Labbé, MD MSc,
  2. Pierre-Luc Harvey-Michaud, MD,
  3. Alexandre Lafleur, MD MSc
  1. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Que.
  1. Correspondence to: Benoît M.-Labbé, benoit.m-labbe{at}criucpq.ulaval.ca

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