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Relevance of small right-to-left shunt in contrast-enhanced transcranial Doppler in young and middle-aged patients with cryptogenic stroke: a report of two cases and literature review

Liming Caoa Department of Neurology, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xuming Huangb Department of Gastroenterology, Shenzhen Shiyan People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Huilan Wanga Department of Neurology, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
Pages 1118-1122 | Received 04 May 2020, Accepted 30 Nov 2020, Published online: 05 Jan 2021

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