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A case of bilateral thoracic vertebral arteries supplying blood to the upper thoracic vertebrae and the upper thoracic spinal cord is reported. Such an anomaly had been recorded anatomically, but no case was previously reported angiographically.
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Chiras, J., Launay, M., Gaston, A. et al. Thoracic vertebral artery. Neuroradiology 24, 67–70 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344588
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344588