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Absence of the Anterior Communicating Artery on Selective MRA is Associated with New Ischemic Lesions on MRI after Carotid Revascularization

S. Yamashita, M. Kohta, K. Hosoda, J. Tanaka, K. Matsuo, H. Kimura, K. Tanaka, A. Fujita and T. Sasayama
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2022, 43 (8) 1124-1130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7570
S. Yamashita
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (S.Y., M.K., J.T., K.M., H.K., K.T., A.F., T.S.), Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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M. Kohta
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (S.Y., M.K., J.T., K.M., H.K., K.T., A.F., T.S.), Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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K. Hosoda
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (K.H.), Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Japan
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J. Tanaka
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (S.Y., M.K., J.T., K.M., H.K., K.T., A.F., T.S.), Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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K. Matsuo
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H. Kimura
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S. Yamashita, M. Kohta, K. Hosoda, J. Tanaka, K. Matsuo, H. Kimura, K. Tanaka, A. Fujita, T. Sasayama
Absence of the Anterior Communicating Artery on Selective MRA is Associated with New Ischemic Lesions on MRI after Carotid Revascularization
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