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CTA and CTP for Detecting Distal Medium Vessel Occlusions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

João André Sousa, Anton Sondermann, Sara Bernardo-Castro, Ricardo Varela, Helena Donato and João Sargento-Freitas
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8080
João André Sousa
aFrom the Neurology Department (J.A.S., S.B.-C., J.S.-F.), Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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bNeurologeriatrie Department (A.S.), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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aFrom the Neurology Department (J.A.S., S.B.-C., J.S.-F.), Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
cFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (S.B.-C., J.S.-F.), Coimbra, Portugal
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dNeurology Department (R.V.), Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
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aFrom the Neurology Department (J.A.S., S.B.-C., J.S.-F.), Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
cFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (S.B.-C., J.S.-F.), Coimbra, Portugal
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