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Persistent Trigeminal Artery: An Unusual Rescue Vessel Collateralization?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Piergiorgio Lochner*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o
Giulio Zuccoli
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Radiology, Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Francesco Brigo
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Frediano Tezzon
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o
Eugen Trinka
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Raffaele Nardone
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
*
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o, Italy, Via Rossini, 5, 39012, Italy. Email: piergiorgio.lochner@googlemail.com
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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