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Bilateral Persistent Trigeminal Arteries, One of Them Ending in the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery

Case Report and Review of the Literature

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    D. Meila,  M. Schlunz-Hendann,  A. Mangold &  F. Brassel

  2. Department of Radiology, St. Bonifatius-Hospital, Lingen, Germany

    K. Papke

  3. Department of Orthodontics, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    C. Jacobs

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Meila, D., Papke, K., Schlunz-Hendann, M. et al. Bilateral Persistent Trigeminal Arteries, One of Them Ending in the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery. Clin Neuroradiol 21, 95–99 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-010-0047-0

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