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Chapter 70 - Paradoxical Embolisms and Strokes

from Section 7 - Non-Inflammatory Disorders of the Arterial Wall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2018

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David E. Thaler  and
Steven C. Cramer
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Louis Caplan  and
José Biller
Louis Caplan
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Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago
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Uncommon Causes of Stroke , pp. 565 - 574
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