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Twig-like Middle Cerebral Artery: a Seldom Vessel Anomaly of Important Relevance

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Gudrunstrasse 56, 44791, Bochum, Germany

    Theodor Lutz, Peter Mönnings & Carsten Lukas

  2. Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Gudrunstrasse 56, 44791, Bochum, Germany

    Ilya Ayzenberg

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Lutz, T., Mönnings, P., Ayzenberg, I. et al. Twig-like Middle Cerebral Artery: a Seldom Vessel Anomaly of Important Relevance. Clin Neuroradiol 28, 441–443 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-017-0613-9

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