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Treatment of Vertebrobasilar Occlusion by Using a Coronary Waterjet Thrombectomy Device: A Pilot Study
Thomas E. Mayer, Gerhard F. Hamann, Gernot Schulte-Altedorneburg and Hartmut Brückmann
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2005, 26 (6) 1389-1394;
Thomas E. Mayer
Gerhard F. Hamann
Gernot Schulte-Altedorneburg

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Treatment of Vertebrobasilar Occlusion by Using a Coronary Waterjet Thrombectomy Device: A Pilot Study
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