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Prevalence of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease in Patients with Low-Risk Transient or Persistent Neurologic Events

F. Bala, N. Singh, F. Moreau, T.S. Field, M. Goyal, M.D. Hill, S.B. Coutts and M. Almekhlafi
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7429
F. Bala
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (F.B., N.S., M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
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N. Singh
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (F.B., N.S., M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
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F. Moreau
eDepartment of Neurology (F.M.), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec Party, Canada
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T.S. Field
fVancouver Stroke Program (T.S.F.), Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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M. Goyal
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (F.B., N.S., M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
bRadiology (M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
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M.D. Hill
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (F.B., N.S., M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
bRadiology (M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
dMedicine (M.D.H.), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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S.B. Coutts
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (F.B., N.S., M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
bRadiology (M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
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M. Almekhlafi
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (F.B., N.S., M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
bRadiology (M.G., M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.D.H., S.B.C., M.A.)
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F. Bala, N. Singh, F. Moreau, T.S. Field, M. Goyal, M.D. Hill, S.B. Coutts, M. Almekhlafi
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