Teaching NeuroImages: Artery-to-artery embolism from a thrombosed cerebral aneurysm
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Teaching NeuroImages: artery-to-artery embolism from a thrombosed cerebral aneurysm.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181b9c908