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Intracranial Atherosclerotic Burden on 7T MRI Is Associated with Markers of Extracranial Atherosclerosis: The SMART-MR Study

M.H.T. Zwartbol, M.I. Geerlings, R. Ghaznawi, J. Hendrikse, A.G. van der Kolk and on behalf of the UCC-SMART Study Group
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2019, 40 (12) 2016-2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6308
M.H.T. Zwartbol
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M.H.T. Zwartbol, M.I. Geerlings, R. Ghaznawi, J. Hendrikse, A.G. van der Kolk, on behalf of the UCC-SMART Study Group
Intracranial Atherosclerotic Burden on 7T MRI Is Associated with Markers of Extracranial Atherosclerosis: The SMART-MR Study
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