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Complex-Shaped Platinum Coils for Brain Aneurysms: Higher Packing Density, Improved Biomechanical Stability, and Midterm Angiographic Outcome

A.K. Wakhloo, M.J. Gounis, J.S. Sandhu, N. Akkawi, A.E. Schenck and I. Linfante
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2007, 28 (7) 1395-1400; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0542
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A.K. Wakhloo, M.J. Gounis, J.S. Sandhu, N. Akkawi, A.E. Schenck, I. Linfante
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2007, 28 (7) 1395-1400; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0542

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2007, 28 (7) 1395-1400; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0542
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