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Impor­tant. Mate­ri­als pro­vided by the Resource Cen­tre are for edu­ca­tional pur­poses only, they are not intended to replace the advice or instruc­tion of a pro­fes­sional health­care prac­ti­tioner, or to sub­sti­tute for med­ical care.

If you have any fur­ther ques­tions regard­ing infor­ma­tion you obtained from sources accessed through this ser­vice, please con­tact a qual­i­fied health­care prac­ti­tioner. Eval­u­at­ing the mer­its of health infor­ma­tion should always involve the assis­tance of a trusted health­care prac­ti­tioner who is famil­iar with your health his­tory, and who can bring exper­tise and expe­ri­ence to bear on your sit­u­a­tion. Beware that gen­eral infor­ma­tion regard­ing health and dis­ease is not always appro­pri­ate when applied to indi­vid­ual cases. Resource Cen­tre per­son­nel are not trained to inter­pret health information.

Infor­ma­tion pro­vided by the Resource Cen­tre does not imply endorse­ment or rec­om­men­da­tion by the Mon­treal Neu­ro­log­i­cal Hos­pi­tal, the Patients’ Com­mit­tee, its affil­i­ates, or individuals.

Our fund­ing is pro­vided by the McGill Uni­ver­sity Health Cen­tre (MUHC), the Mon­treal Neu­ro­log­i­cal Insti­tute and Hos­pi­tal (MNIH), the Friends of the Neuro, the MUHC Users’ Com­mit­tee and non-​corporate pri­vate donors.