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Optimal MRI Sequence for Identifying Occlusion Location in Acute Stroke: Which Value of Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced MRA?

A. Le Bras, H. Raoult, J.-C. Ferré, T. Ronzière and J.-Y. Gauvrit
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2015, 36 (6) 1081-1088; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4264
A. Le Bras
aFrom the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.L.B., H.R., J.-C.F., J.-Y.G.)
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H. Raoult
aFrom the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.L.B., H.R., J.-C.F., J.-Y.G.)
cUnité VISAGE U746 INSERM-INRIA, IRISA UMR CNRS 6074 (H.R., J.-C.F., J.-Y.G.), University of Rennes, Rennes, France.
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J.-C. Ferré
aFrom the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.L.B., H.R., J.-C.F., J.-Y.G.)
cUnité VISAGE U746 INSERM-INRIA, IRISA UMR CNRS 6074 (H.R., J.-C.F., J.-Y.G.), University of Rennes, Rennes, France.
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T. Ronzière
bNeurology (T.R.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rennes, Rennes, France
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J.-Y. Gauvrit
aFrom the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.L.B., H.R., J.-C.F., J.-Y.G.)
cUnité VISAGE U746 INSERM-INRIA, IRISA UMR CNRS 6074 (H.R., J.-C.F., J.-Y.G.), University of Rennes, Rennes, France.
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