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Do Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Vascular Hyperintensities Represent Good Collaterals before Reperfusion Therapy?

E. Mahdjoub, G. Turc, L. Legrand, J. Benzakoun, M. Edjlali, P. Seners, S. Charron, W. Ben Hassen, O. Naggara, J.-F. Meder, J.-L. Mas, J.-C. Baron and C. Oppenheim
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2018, 39 (1) 77-83; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5431
E. Mahdjoub
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (E.M., L.L., J.B., M.E., S.C., W.B.H., O.N., J.-F.M., C.O.)
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G. Turc
bNeurology (G.T., P.S., J.-L.M., J.-C.B.), Université Paris Descartes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale S894, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Neurovasc, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
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L. Legrand
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J. Benzakoun
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M. Edjlali
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P. Seners
bNeurology (G.T., P.S., J.-L.M., J.-C.B.), Université Paris Descartes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale S894, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Neurovasc, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
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S. Charron
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W. Ben Hassen
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O. Naggara
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J.-F. Meder
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J.-L. Mas
bNeurology (G.T., P.S., J.-L.M., J.-C.B.), Université Paris Descartes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale S894, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Neurovasc, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
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J.-C. Baron
bNeurology (G.T., P.S., J.-L.M., J.-C.B.), Université Paris Descartes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale S894, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Neurovasc, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
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C. Oppenheim
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