Chapter 50 Imaging intra- and extracranial vessels: computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonance angiography

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2008, Pages 1021-1038

  Röther, Joachim ^a   Pomerantz, Stuart R ^b   Kucinski, Thomas ^c   Lev, Michael H ^b  

^a KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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EID: 65649136355     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0072-9752(08)94050-1     Document Type: Review

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