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Chapter 8 - Large vessel occlusive disease of the posterior circulation

from Part II - Stroke syndromes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2016

Louis R. Caplan
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Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts
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Caplan's Stroke
A Clinical Approach
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