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Flow Diversion of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: Systematic Review of Disaggregated Individual Patient Data

A. Alwakeal, N.A. Shlobin, P. Golnari, W. Metcalf-Doetsch, P. Nazari, S.A. Ansari, M.C. Hurley, D.R. Cantrell, A. Shaibani, B.S. Jahromi and M.B. Potts
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7220
A. Alwakeal
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
bRadiology (A.A., S.A.A., M.C.H., D.R.C., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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N.A. Shlobin
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P. Golnari
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
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W. Metcalf-Doetsch
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
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P. Nazari
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
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S.A. Ansari
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
bRadiology (A.A., S.A.A., M.C.H., D.R.C., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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M.C. Hurley
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
bRadiology (A.A., S.A.A., M.C.H., D.R.C., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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D.R. Cantrell
bRadiology (A.A., S.A.A., M.C.H., D.R.C., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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A. Shaibani
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
bRadiology (A.A., S.A.A., M.C.H., D.R.C., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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B.S. Jahromi
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
bRadiology (A.A., S.A.A., M.C.H., D.R.C., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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M.B. Potts
aFrom the Department of Neurological Surgery (A.A., N.A.S., P.G., W.M.-D., P.N., S.A.A., M.C.H., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.)
bRadiology (A.A., S.A.A., M.C.H., D.R.C., A.S., B.S.J., M.B.P.), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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