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Clinicoradiologic Correlations of Cerebral Microbleeds in Advanced Age

I. Barnaure, M.-L. Montandon, C. Rodriguez, F. Herrmann, K.O. Lövblad, P. Giannakopoulos and S. Haller
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2017, 38 (1) 39-45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4956
I. Barnaure
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology (I.B., K.O.L.)
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M.-L. Montandon
bDepartment of Mental Health and Psychiatry (M.-L.M., C.R., P.G.)
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C. Rodriguez
bDepartment of Mental Health and Psychiatry (M.-L.M., C.R., P.G.)
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cDepartments of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Geriatrics (F.H.), Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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S. Haller
dAffidea Centre de Diagnostique Radiologique de Carouge CDRC (S.H.), Geneva, Switzerland
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fDepartment of Neuroradiology (S.H.), University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
gFaculty of Medicine (S.H.), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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