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Vessel Reconstruction in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Kellie Davis
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Michael Curran
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesia, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Cheemun Lum*
Affiliation:
Head Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*
Head-Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada.
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2010

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