Calcified vertebral artery and "dense basilar artery sign" in a patient with basilar territory infarction
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Calcified vertebral artery and "dense basilar artery sign" in a patient with basilar territory infarction.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology India
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0028-3886
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.15084