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Carotid Plaque Composition and Cerebral Infarction: MR Imaging Study
  
    	
Mohamed Ouhlous, H. Zwenneke Flach, Thomas T. de Weert, Johanna M. Hendriks, Marc R. H. M. van Sambeek, Diederik W. J. Dippel, Peter M. T. Pattynama and Aad van der Lugt

  
    	
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