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Middle Cerebral Artery Plaque Hyperintensity on T2-Weighted Vessel Wall Imaging Is Associated with Ischemic Stroke

Y.-N. Yu, M.-W. Liu, J.P. Villablanca, M.-L. Li, Y.-Y. Xu, S. Gao, F. Feng, D.S. Liebeskind, F. Scalzo and W.-H. Xu
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2019, 40 (11) 1886-1892; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6260

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Middle Cerebral Artery Plaque Hyperintensity on T2-Weighted Vessel Wall Imaging Is Associated with Ischemic Stroke
Y.-N. Yu, M.-W. Liu, J.P. Villablanca, M.-L. Li, Y.-Y. Xu, S. Gao, F. Feng, D.S. Liebeskind, F. Scalzo, W.-H. Xu
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2019, 40 (11) 1886-1892; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6260
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