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. 2017 Aug;8(Suppl 1):S139-S141.
doi: 10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_163_17.

Accessory middle cerebral artery: An uncommon finding

Nancy Carolina Duarte-Valdivieso  1 , Ho-Fai Wong  1 , Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar  2 , Jorge Aquino-Matus  3 , Willem Guillermo Calderon-Miranda  4 , Amit Agrawal  5
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Accessory middle cerebral artery: An uncommon finding

Nancy Carolina Duarte-Valdivieso et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2017 Aug.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a and b) Computed tomography angiography showing a accessory middle cerebral artery and supplies the medial and lateral striate territories and arises from anterior cerebral artery system
Figure 2
Figure 2
Angiography three-dimensional showing an accessory middle cerebral
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