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Agenesis of internal carotid artery and deformation of caudate and nucleus accumbens

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Lee, D., Kim, J.A. & Choi, W.S. Agenesis of internal carotid artery and deformation of caudate and nucleus accumbens. Neurol Sci 40, 2653–2655 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-03983-4

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