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Endovascular Thrombectomy in Wake-Up Stroke and Stroke with Unknown Symptom Onset

P. Bücke, M. Aguilar Pérez, V. Hellstern, M. AlMatter, H. Bäzner and H. Henkes
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5540
P. Bücke
aFrom the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich (P.B.), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
bNeurological Clinic (P.B., H.B.)
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M. Aguilar Pérez
cNeuroradiological Clinic (M.A.P., V.H., M.A., H.H.), Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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V. Hellstern
cNeuroradiological Clinic (M.A.P., V.H., M.A., H.H.), Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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M. AlMatter
cNeuroradiological Clinic (M.A.P., V.H., M.A., H.H.), Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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H. Henkes
cNeuroradiological Clinic (M.A.P., V.H., M.A., H.H.), Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
dMedical Faculty (H.H.), University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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