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Location-Specific Net Water Uptake and Malignant Cerebral Edema in Acute Anterior Circulation Occlusion Ischemic Stroke

XiaoQing Cheng, Bing Tian, LiJun Huang, Xi Shen, AnYu Liao, ChangSheng Zhou, Quan Hui Liu, HuiMin Pang, JinJing Tang, BaiYan Luo, Xia Tian, YuXi Hou, LuGuang Chen, Qian Chen, WuSheng Zhu, ChengWei Shao, XinDao Yin and GuangMing Lu
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8659
XiaoQing Cheng
aFrom the Department of Medical Imaging (X.C., C.Z., Q.H.L., H.P., J.T., B.L., G.L.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Bing Tian
bDepartment of Radiology (B.T., X.T., Y.H., L.C., C.S.), Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, The First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China
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LiJun Huang
cDepartment of Medical Imaging (L.H.), the First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Xi Shen
dDepartment of Medical Imaging (X.S.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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AnYu Liao
eDepartment of Neurology (A.L., W.Z.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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ChangSheng Zhou
aFrom the Department of Medical Imaging (X.C., C.Z., Q.H.L., H.P., J.T., B.L., G.L.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Quan Hui Liu
aFrom the Department of Medical Imaging (X.C., C.Z., Q.H.L., H.P., J.T., B.L., G.L.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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HuiMin Pang
aFrom the Department of Medical Imaging (X.C., C.Z., Q.H.L., H.P., J.T., B.L., G.L.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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JinJing Tang
aFrom the Department of Medical Imaging (X.C., C.Z., Q.H.L., H.P., J.T., B.L., G.L.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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BaiYan Luo
aFrom the Department of Medical Imaging (X.C., C.Z., Q.H.L., H.P., J.T., B.L., G.L.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Xia Tian
bDepartment of Radiology (B.T., X.T., Y.H., L.C., C.S.), Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, The First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China
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YuXi Hou
bDepartment of Radiology (B.T., X.T., Y.H., L.C., C.S.), Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, The First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China
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LuGuang Chen
bDepartment of Radiology (B.T., X.T., Y.H., L.C., C.S.), Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, The First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Qian Chen
fDepartments of Radiology (Q.C., X.Y.)., Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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WuSheng Zhu
eDepartment of Neurology (A.L., W.Z.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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ChengWei Shao
bDepartment of Radiology (B.T., X.T., Y.H., L.C., C.S.), Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, The First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China
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XinDao Yin
fDepartments of Radiology (Q.C., X.Y.)., Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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GuangMing Lu
aFrom the Department of Medical Imaging (X.C., C.Z., Q.H.L., H.P., J.T., B.L., G.L.), Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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XiaoQing Cheng, Bing Tian, LiJun Huang, Xi Shen, AnYu Liao, ChangSheng Zhou, Quan Hui Liu, HuiMin Pang, JinJing Tang, BaiYan Luo, Xia Tian, YuXi Hou, LuGuang Chen, Qian Chen, WuSheng Zhu, ChengWei Shao, XinDao Yin, GuangMing Lu
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