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Mechanisms of postoperative progression of steno-occlusive lesions in the posterior cerebral artery in moyamoya disease

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Mugikura, S., Takahashi, S. Mechanisms of postoperative progression of steno-occlusive lesions in the posterior cerebral artery in moyamoya disease. Childs Nerv Syst 30, 557–558 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-014-2380-0

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