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Case Report

Management of Free-Floating Thrombus in the Vertebral Artery in a Middle-Aged Smoker with Secondary Polycythemia Vera

Ali Alhashim1 Neurology Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34212, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Kawther Hadhiah1 Neurology Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34212, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9053-0301
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Sarah A Itani2 College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34212, Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Alshurem1 Neurology Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34212, Saudi Arabia
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Majed Alabdali1 Neurology Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34212, Saudi Arabia
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Danah Aljaafari1 Neurology Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34212, Saudi Arabia
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Mustafa AlQarni1 Neurology Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34212, Saudi Arabia
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Pages 663-668 | Published online: 22 Sep 2021

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