Pure motor hemiparesis due to occlusion of the internal carotid artery

Not possible if the Circle of Willis is complete.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13760-016-0699-x

• Adrià ArboixEmail author
• Elisenda Grivé
• María-José Sánchez

• Adrià Arboix
  • 1
  Email author
• Elisenda Grivé
  • 2
• María-José Sánchez
  • 3

1. 1.Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat CorUniversitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
2. 2.Department of NeuroradiologyHospital Universitari Sagrat CorBarcelonaSpain
3. 3.Medical LibraryHospital Universitari Sagrat CorBarcelonaSpain

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23 September 2016

DOI: 10.1007/s13760-016-0699-x

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Arboix, A., Grivé, E. & Sánchez, M. Acta Neurol Belg (2016). doi:10.1007/s13760-016-0699-x

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