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Death due to extensive cervicomedullary infarction following iatrogenic vertebral artery occlusion

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Wang, M. Death due to extensive cervicomedullary infarction following iatrogenic vertebral artery occlusion. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 8, 334–337 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-012-9321-6

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