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Abbreviations
- AChA:
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Anterior choroidal artery
- PCA:
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Posterior cerebral artery
- PCoA:
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Posterior communicating artery
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We are grateful to Dr. Mitsuteru Oikawa (Hiragishi Brain & Nerve Clinic, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan) for his support. We thank Claire Barnes, Ph.D., from Edanz (https://jp.edanz.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.
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Hideki Endo: conceptualization, methodology, validation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, data curation, writing—original draft, writing—review & editing, visualization, project administration. Hidetoshi Ono: validation, formal analysis, data curation, writing—review & editing. Hirohiko Nakamura: supervision.
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Endo, H., Ono, H. & Nakamura, H. Accessory posterior cerebral artery. Acta Neurol Belg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-024-02489-x
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