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. 1994 May;4(3):153-4.

[Persistent carotid-basilar anastomosis: arteria proatlantica in ipsilateral aplasia of the vertebral artery and contralateral hypoplasia]

[Article in German]
T Helmberger  1 , S Spindler-Thiele, W Glatzel, R Schmitt
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  • PMID: 8049285

[Persistent carotid-basilar anastomosis: arteria proatlantica in ipsilateral aplasia of the vertebral artery and contralateral hypoplasia]

[Article in German]
T Helmberger et al. Aktuelle Radiol. 1994 May.

Abstract

We report on a rare case of aplasia of the left vertebral artery, while the basilar artery is supplied by the proatlantal artery, a persistent carotid-basilar anastomosis. The right vertebral artery appears to be hypoplastic.

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