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An Analysis of the Geometry of Saccular Intracranial Aneurysms
Luciana Parlea, Rebecca Fahrig, David W. Holdsworth and Stephen P. Lownie
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 1999, 20 (6) 1079-1089;
Luciana Parlea
Rebecca Fahrig
David W. Holdsworth

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