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Hyperintense Vessels on FLAIR: Hemodynamic Correlates and Response to Thrombolysis

A. Kufner, I. Galinovic, V. Ambrosi, C.H. Nolte, M. Endres, J.B. Fiebach and M. Ebinger
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2015, 36 (8) 1426-1430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4320
A. Kufner
aFrom the Klinik und Hochschulambulanz für Neurologie (A.K., C.H.N., M. Endres, M. Ebinger)
bInternational Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences (A.K., V.A.)
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I. Galinovic
dCenter for Stroke Research Berlin (I.G., C.H.N., M. Endres, J.B.F., M. Ebinger), Berlin, Germany.
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V. Ambrosi
bInternational Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences (A.K., V.A.)
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C.H. Nolte
aFrom the Klinik und Hochschulambulanz für Neurologie (A.K., C.H.N., M. Endres, M. Ebinger)
dCenter for Stroke Research Berlin (I.G., C.H.N., M. Endres, J.B.F., M. Ebinger), Berlin, Germany.
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M. Endres
aFrom the Klinik und Hochschulambulanz für Neurologie (A.K., C.H.N., M. Endres, M. Ebinger)
cCluster of Excellence NeuroCure (M. Endres), Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
dCenter for Stroke Research Berlin (I.G., C.H.N., M. Endres, J.B.F., M. Ebinger), Berlin, Germany.
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J.B. Fiebach
dCenter for Stroke Research Berlin (I.G., C.H.N., M. Endres, J.B.F., M. Ebinger), Berlin, Germany.
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M. Ebinger
aFrom the Klinik und Hochschulambulanz für Neurologie (A.K., C.H.N., M. Endres, M. Ebinger)
dCenter for Stroke Research Berlin (I.G., C.H.N., M. Endres, J.B.F., M. Ebinger), Berlin, Germany.
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