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Assessment of the Collateral Function of the Circle of Willis
Three-Dimensional Time-of-Flight MR Angiography Compared with Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Sonography
Arjan W.J. Hoksbergen, Charles B.L. Majoie, Frans-Jan H. Hulsmans and Dink A. Legemate
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2003, 24 (3) 456-462;
Arjan W.J. Hoksbergen
Charles B.L. Majoie
Frans-Jan H. Hulsmans

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Arjan W.J. Hoksbergen, Charles B.L. Majoie, Frans-Jan H. Hulsmans, Dink A. Legemate
Assessment of the Collateral Function of the Circle of Willis
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