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Association between basilar artery hypoplasia and undetermined or lacunar posterior circulation ischemic stroke

Stephane Olindo1, Saad Khaddam, Jonathan Bocquet

  • 1Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies. stephane.olindo@chu-fortdefrance.fr

Stroke
|August 28, 2010
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