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CT Angiography Clot Burden Score and Collateral Score: Correlation with Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct
I.Y.L. Tan, A.M. Demchuk, J. Hopyan, L. Zhang, D. Gladstone, K. Wong, M. Martin, S.P. Symons, A.J. Fox and R.I. Aviv
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2009, 30 (3) 525-531; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1408
I.Y.L. Tan
A.M. Demchuk
J. Hopyan
L. Zhang
D. Gladstone
K. Wong
M. Martin
S.P. Symons
A.J. Fox

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CT Angiography Clot Burden Score and Collateral Score: Correlation with Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct
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CT Angiography Clot Burden Score and Collateral Score: Correlation with Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct
I.Y.L. Tan, A.M. Demchuk, J. Hopyan, L. Zhang, D. Gladstone, K. Wong, M. Martin, S.P. Symons, A.J. Fox, R.I. Aviv
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2009, 30 (3) 525-531; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1408
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