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Contrast-Enhanced 3T High-Resolution MR Imaging in Symptomatic Atherosclerotic Basilar Artery Stenosis
  
    	
X. Lou, N. Ma, L. Ma and W.-J. Jiang

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2013,  34 (3) 513-517; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3241 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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