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Middle Cerebral Artery Embolectomy After Failed Mechanical Clot Removal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Brian Drake  and
Gary Redekop
Brian Drake
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gary Redekop*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*
Division of Neurosurgery, The University of British Columbia, 3100 – 910 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E3, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 408 - 411
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