Infarctions in the vascular territory of the posterior cerebral artery: Clinical features in 232 patients

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arboix, Adrià ^a,b   Arbe, Guillermo ^a   García Eroles, Luis ^c   Oliveres, Montserrat ^a   Parra, Olga ^a,b   Massons, Joan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Planning and Information Systems   (Spain)

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EID: 80052573899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-329     Document Type: Article

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