Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 233-236 , April 2010

Basilar artery occlusive disease in stroke survivors in a multiethnic population

  • Jovana Gobbi Marchesi Ciríaco

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 2733893983; fax: +55 2733155228.
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  • Claudia da Costa Leite

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Maria da Graça Morais Martin

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Cristiano Venturim Barros

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Paulo Puglia Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • José Guilherme Pereira Caldas

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Milberto Scaff

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Adriana Bastos Conforto

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 9 September 2008 ,Revised 30 September 2009 ,Accepted 30 November 2009.

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☆ This work was developed at Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.

PII: S0303-8467(09)00316-3

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.11.019

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 233-236 , April 2010

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