November 25, 2003; 61 (10) Brief Communications
Endovascular embolectomy of acute basilar artery occlusion
W. Yu, D. Binder, A. Foster-Barber, R. Malek, W. S. Smith, R. T. Higashida
First published November 24, 2003, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.61.10.1421
W. Yu
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Yu, Foster-Barber, and Smith), Neurosurgery (Dr. Binder), and Neurointerventional Radiology (Drs. Malek and Higashida), University of California, San Francisco, CA.
D. Binder
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Yu, Foster-Barber, and Smith), Neurosurgery (Dr. Binder), and Neurointerventional Radiology (Drs. Malek and Higashida), University of California, San Francisco, CA.
A. Foster-Barber
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Yu, Foster-Barber, and Smith), Neurosurgery (Dr. Binder), and Neurointerventional Radiology (Drs. Malek and Higashida), University of California, San Francisco, CA.
R. Malek
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Yu, Foster-Barber, and Smith), Neurosurgery (Dr. Binder), and Neurointerventional Radiology (Drs. Malek and Higashida), University of California, San Francisco, CA.
W. S. Smith
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Yu, Foster-Barber, and Smith), Neurosurgery (Dr. Binder), and Neurointerventional Radiology (Drs. Malek and Higashida), University of California, San Francisco, CA.
R. T. Higashida
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Yu, Foster-Barber, and Smith), Neurosurgery (Dr. Binder), and Neurointerventional Radiology (Drs. Malek and Higashida), University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Endovascular embolectomy of acute basilar artery occlusion
W. Yu, D. Binder, A. Foster-Barber, R. Malek, W. S. Smith, R. T. Higashida
Neurology Nov 2003, 61 (10) 1421-1423; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.61.10.1421
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vol. 61 no. 10 1421-1423
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- Received September 3, 2003
- Accepted in final form September 22, 2003
- First Published November 24, 2003.
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- W. Yu, MD, PhD,
- D. Binder, MD, PhD,
- A. Foster-Barber, MD, PhD,
- R. Malek, MD,
- W. S. Smith, MD, PhD and
- R. T. Higashida, MD
- W. Yu, MD, PhD,
- D. Binder, MD, PhD,
- A. Foster-Barber, MD, PhD,
- R. Malek, MD,
- W. S. Smith, MD, PhD and
- R. T. Higashida, MD
- From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Yu, Foster-Barber, and Smith), Neurosurgery (Dr. Binder), and Neurointerventional Radiology (Drs. Malek and Higashida), University of California, San Francisco, CA.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Wengui Yu, Neurovascular Service, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0114, San Francisco, CA 94143; e-mail: wyu6228{at}itsa.ucsf.edu, or Dr. Randall T. Higashida, Division of Neurointerventional Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143; e-mail: Randall.Higashida@radiology.ucsf.edu
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