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Carotid Artery Tortuosity Is Associated with Connective Tissue Diseases

J.P. Welby, S.T. Kim, C.M. Carr, V.T. Lehman, C.H. Rydberg, J.T. Wald, P.H. Luetmer, D.M. Nasr and W. Brinjikji
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2019, 40 (10) 1738-1743; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6218
J.P. Welby
aFrom the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (J.P.W.)
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S.T. Kim
eDepartment of Radiology (S.T.K.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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C.M. Carr
bDepartments of Radiology (C.M.C., V.T.L., C.H.R., J.T.W., P.H.L., W.B.)
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V.T. Lehman
bDepartments of Radiology (C.M.C., V.T.L., C.H.R., J.T.W., P.H.L., W.B.)
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C.H. Rydberg
bDepartments of Radiology (C.M.C., V.T.L., C.H.R., J.T.W., P.H.L., W.B.)
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J.T. Wald
bDepartments of Radiology (C.M.C., V.T.L., C.H.R., J.T.W., P.H.L., W.B.)
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P.H. Luetmer
bDepartments of Radiology (C.M.C., V.T.L., C.H.R., J.T.W., P.H.L., W.B.)
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D.M. Nasr
cNeurology (D.M.N.)
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W. Brinjikji
bDepartments of Radiology (C.M.C., V.T.L., C.H.R., J.T.W., P.H.L., W.B.)
dNeurosurgery (W.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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