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Research ArticleNeurovascular/Stroke Imaging

Absence of the Susceptibility Vessel Sign with Cancer-Associated Hypercoagulability-Related Stroke

Daiki Fukunaga, Jun Fujinami, Toru Kishitani, Naoki Tokuda, Soichiro Numa and Yoshinari Nagakane
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2024, 45 (10) 1427-1431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8363
Daiki Fukunaga
aFrom the Department of Neurology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Jun Fujinami
aFrom the Department of Neurology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Toru Kishitani
aFrom the Department of Neurology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Naoki Tokuda
aFrom the Department of Neurology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Soichiro Numa
aFrom the Department of Neurology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Yoshinari Nagakane
aFrom the Department of Neurology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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