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Neuroscience Journal
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 439145, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/439145
Review Article
Incidental Findings in Neuroimaging: Ethical and Medicolegal Considerations
1Centre of Neurosciences Study, Queen’s University, 18 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
2Centre of Studies in Primary Care, Queen’s University, 220 Bagot Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 5E9, Canada
3Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University, 220 Bagot Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 5E9, Canada
Received 24 August 2012; Revised 15 October 2012; Accepted 25 October 2012
Academic Editor: Ellen M. Mowry
Copyright © 2013 Lawrence Leung. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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