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Are the distributions of variations of circle of Willis different in different populations? - Results of an anatomical study and review of literature.
BMC neurology - 24 Jun 2006
Eftekhar Behzad, Dadmehr Majid, Ansari Saeed, Ghodsi Mohammad, Nazparvar Bashir, Ketabchi Ebrahim
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have proposed correlation between variants of the cerebral arterial circle (also known as circle of Willis) and some cerebrovascular diseases. Differences in the incidence of these diseases in different populations have also been investigated. The study of variations in the anatomy of the cerebral arterial circle may partially explain differences in the incidence of some of the...
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