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Endovascular Therapy of M2 Occlusion in IMS III: Role of M2 Segment Definition and Location on Clinical and Revascularization Outcomes
T.A. Tomsick, J. Carrozzella, L. Foster, M.D. Hill, R. von Kummer, M. Goyal, A.M. Demchuk, P. Khatri, Y. Palesch, J.P. Broderick, S.D. Yeatts, D.S. Liebeskind and for the IMS III Investigators
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2017, 38 (1) 84-89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4979
T.A. Tomsick
aFrom the Department of Radiology (T.A.T., J.C.), University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, University Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
J. Carrozzella
aFrom the Department of Radiology (T.A.T., J.C.), University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, University Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
L. Foster
bDepartment of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology (L.F., Y.P., S.D.Y.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
M.D. Hill
cCalgary Stroke Program (M.D.H., A.M.D.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medicine, Community Health Sciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
R. von Kummer
dDepartment of Neuroradiology (R.v.K.), Dresden University Stroke Center, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carusan deTechnischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
M. Goyal
eDepartment of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences (M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
A.M. Demchuk
cCalgary Stroke Program (M.D.H., A.M.D.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medicine, Community Health Sciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
P. Khatri
fDepartment of Neurology (P.K., J.P.B.), University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Y. Palesch
bDepartment of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology (L.F., Y.P., S.D.Y.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
J.P. Broderick
fDepartment of Neurology (P.K., J.P.B.), University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
S.D. Yeatts
bDepartment of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology (L.F., Y.P., S.D.Y.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
D.S. Liebeskind
gUniversity of California Los Angeles Stroke Center (D.S.L.), Los Angeles, California.

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T.A. Tomsick, J. Carrozzella, L. Foster, M.D. Hill, R. von Kummer, M. Goyal, A.M. Demchuk, P. Khatri, Y. Palesch, J.P. Broderick, S.D. Yeatts, D.S. Liebeskind, for the IMS III Investigators
Endovascular Therapy of M2 Occlusion in IMS III: Role of M2 Segment Definition and Location on Clinical and Revascularization Outcomes
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2017, 38 (1) 84-89; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4979
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Endovascular Therapy of M2 Occlusion in IMS III: Role of M2 Segment Definition and Location on Clinical and Revascularization Outcomes
T.A. Tomsick, J. Carrozzella, L. Foster, M.D. Hill, R. von Kummer, M. Goyal, A.M. Demchuk, P. Khatri, Y. Palesch, J.P. Broderick, S.D. Yeatts, D.S. Liebeskind, for the IMS III Investigators
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2017, 38 (1) 84-89; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4979
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