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01-10-2012 | Letter to the editor

EC-IC bypass for stroke: is there a future perspective?

Authors: Daniel Hänggi, Hans-Jakob Steiger, Peter Vajkoczy, On behalf of the Cerebrovascular Section of the European Association of Neurological Surgeons (EANS)

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 10/2012

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Title: EC-IC bypass for stroke: is there a future perspective?
Authors: Daniel Hänggi
Hans-Jakob Steiger
Peter Vajkoczy
On behalf of the Cerebrovascular Section of the European Association of Neurological Surgeons (EANS)
Publication date: 01-10-2012
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 10/2012
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-012-1480-4

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