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Posttraumatic Basilar Artery Herniation Associated with Dissecting Aneurysm Formation: Follow-up Over 20 Months

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    Jingqin Fang, Lianqin Kuang, Jinhua Chen, Yi Wang, Rong Chen, Kunlin Xiong & Weiguo Zhang

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Fang, J., Kuang, L., Chen, J. et al. Posttraumatic Basilar Artery Herniation Associated with Dissecting Aneurysm Formation: Follow-up Over 20 Months. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 35, 1237–1241 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-012-0353-9

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