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Robert Shenkar
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Issam Awad
  1. Credulity of exploratory trials for cerebral cavernous malformations. Lancet Neurol. 2023 01; 22(1):2-3.
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    Score: 0.763
  2. Propranolol as therapy for cerebral cavernous malformations: a cautionary note. J Transl Med. 2022 04 05; 20(1):160.
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    Score: 0.731
  3. RhoA Kinase Inhibition With Fasudil Versus Simvastatin in Murine Models of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Stroke. 2017 01; 48(1):187-194.
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    Score: 0.504
  4. Exceptional aggressiveness of cerebral cavernous malformation disease associated with PDCD10 mutations. Genet Med. 2015 Mar; 17(3):188-196.
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    Score: 0.430
  5. Advanced magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral cavernous malformations: part I. High-field imaging of excised human lesions. Neurosurgery. 2008 Oct; 63(4):782-9; discussion 789.
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    Score: 0.286
  6. Advanced magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral cavernous malformations: part II. Imaging of lesions in murine models. Neurosurgery. 2008 Oct; 63(4):790-7; discussion 797-8.
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    Score: 0.286
  7. Concepts and hypotheses: inflammatory hypothesis in the pathogenesis of cerebral cavernous malformations. Neurosurgery. 2007 Oct; 61(4):693-702; discussion 702-3.
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    Score: 0.267
  8. Recurrent Symptomatic Hemorrhage in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations After Discontinuation of Atorvastatin or Placebo. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 02 03; 15(3):e46943.
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    Score: 0.238
  9. Relevance of Lesion Volume as an Outcome in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Drug Trial: Exploratory Analyses in Atorvastatin Treatment of Cavernous Angiomas with Symptomatic Hemorrhage Exploratory Proof of Concept. Neurosurgery. 2026 Jun 01; 98(6):1395-1401.
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    Score: 0.234
  10. Common and distinct circulating microRNAs in four neurovascular disorders. Biochem Biophys Rep. 2025 Sep; 43:102189.
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    Score: 0.230
  11. Identifying features of prior hemorrhage in cerebral cavernous malformations on quantitative susceptibility maps: a machine learning pilot study. J Neurosurg. 2025 Dec 01; 143(6):1567-1574.
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    Score: 0.229
  12. A Systematic Review of MicroRNAs in Hemorrhagic Neurovascular Disease: Cerebral Cavernous Malformations as a Paradigm. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Apr 17; 26(8).
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    Score: 0.225
  13. Safety and efficacy of atorvastatin for rebleeding in cerebral cavernous malformations (AT CASH EPOC): a phase 1/2a, randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Neurol. 2025 Apr; 24(4):295-304.
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    Score: 0.225
  14. Variations in structural protein expression and endothelial cell proliferation in relation to clinical manifestations of cerebral cavernous malformations. Neurosurgery. 2005 Feb; 56(2):343-54.
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    Score: 0.222
  15. Circulating molecules reflect imaging biomarkers of hemorrhage in cerebral cavernous malformations. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2025 06; 45(6):1153-1165.
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    Score: 0.222
  16. Except for Robust Outliers, Rapamycin Increases Lesion Burden in a Murine Model of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Transl Stroke Res. 2025 Jun; 16(3):859-867.
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    Score: 0.214
  17. Transcriptomic signatures of individual cell types in cerebral cavernous malformation. Cell Commun Signal. 2024 01 09; 22(1):23.
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    Score: 0.206
  18. Trial Readiness of Cavernous Malformations With Symptomatic Hemorrhage, Part II: Biomarkers and Trial Modeling. Stroke. 2024 01; 55(1):31-39.
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    Score: 0.206
  19. Trial Readiness of Cavernous Malformations With Symptomatic Hemorrhage, Part I: Event Rates and Clinical Outcome. Stroke. 2024 01; 55(1):22-30.
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    Score: 0.206
  20. mTORC1 Inhibitor Rapamycin Inhibits Growth of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation in Adult Mice. Stroke. 2023 11; 54(11):2906-2917.
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    Score: 0.202
  21. Corrigendum to "Antibodies in cerebral cavernous malformations react with cytoskeleton autoantigens in the lesional milieu" [J. Autoimmun. 113 (2020) 102469]. J Autoimmun. 2023 Nov; 140:103116.
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    Score: 0.202
  22. Inflammatory Mechanisms in a Neurovascular Disease: Cerebral Cavernous Malformation. Brain Sci. 2023 Sep 17; 13(9).
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    Score: 0.202
  23. Cavernous Angioma Symptomatic Hemorrhage (CASH) Trial Readiness II: Imaging Biomarkers and Trial Modeling. medRxiv. 2023 Jun 05.
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    Score: 0.198
  24. Impact of socioeconomics and race on clinical follow-up and trial enrollment and adherence in cerebral cavernous malformation. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 Jul; 32(7):107167.
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    Score: 0.197
  25. Differential gene expression in human cerebrovascular malformations. Neurosurgery. 2003 Feb; 52(2):465-77; discussion 477-8.
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    Score: 0.193
  26. Rapamycin in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: What Doses to Test in Mice and Humans. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci. 2022 May 13; 5(5):266-277.
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    Score: 0.183
  27. Propranolol inhibits cavernous vascular malformations by ß1 adrenergic receptor antagonism in animal models. J Clin Invest. 2021 10 01; 131(19).
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    Score: 0.176
  28. COVID-19 in a Hemorrhagic Neurovascular Disease, Cerebral Cavernous Malformation. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Nov; 30(11):106101.
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    Score: 0.176
  29. A Roadmap for Developing Plasma Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers of Cerebral Cavernous Angioma With Symptomatic Hemorrhage (CASH). Neurosurgery. 2021 02 16; 88(3):686-697.
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    Score: 0.169
  30. Propranolol inhibits cavernous vascular malformations by ß1 adrenergic receptor antagonism in animal models. J Clin Invest. 2021 02 01; 131(3).
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    Score: 0.168
  31. Rho Kinase Inhibition Blunts Lesion Development and Hemorrhage in Murine Models of Aggressive Pdcd10/Ccm3 Disease. Stroke. 2019 03; 50(3):738-744.
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    Score: 0.147
  32. Plasma Biomarkers of Inflammation Reflect Seizures and Hemorrhagic Activity of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Transl Stroke Res. 2018 02; 9(1):34-43.
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    Score: 0.133
  33. Quantitative susceptibility mapping as a monitoring biomarker in cerebral cavernous malformations with recent hemorrhage. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 04; 47(4):1133-1138.
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    Score: 0.132
  34. Vascular permeability and iron deposition biomarkers in longitudinal follow-up of cerebral cavernous malformations. J Neurosurg. 2017 Jul; 127(1):102-110.
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    Score: 0.123
  35. Micro-computed tomography in murine models of cerebral cavernous malformations as a paradigm for brain disease. J Neurosci Methods. 2016 09 15; 271:14-24.
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    Score: 0.122
  36. B-Cell Depletion Reduces the Maturation of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations in Murine Models. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2016 06; 11(2):369-77.
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    Score: 0.121
  37. Peripheral plasma vitamin D and non-HDL cholesterol reflect the severity of cerebral cavernous malformation disease. Biomark Med. 2016; 10(3):255-64.
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    Score: 0.119
  38. Vascular permeability in cerebral cavernous malformations. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2015 Oct; 35(10):1632-9.
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    Score: 0.113
  39. Immune complex formation and in situ B-cell clonal expansion in human cerebral cavernous malformations. J Neuroimmunol. 2014 Jul 15; 272(1-2):67-75.
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    Score: 0.106
  40. Dynamic permeability and quantitative susceptibility: related imaging biomarkers in cerebral cavernous malformations. Stroke. 2014 Feb; 45(2):598-601.
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    Score: 0.103
  41. Fasudil decreases lesion burden in a murine model of cerebral cavernous malformation disease. Stroke. 2012 Feb; 43(2):571-4.
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    Score: 0.089
  42. Cerebral cavernous malformations as a disease of vascular permeability: from bench to bedside with caution. Neurosurg Focus. 2010 Sep; 29(3):E4.
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    Score: 0.082
  43. Immune response in human cerebral cavernous malformations. Stroke. 2009 May; 40(5):1659-65.
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    Score: 0.074
  44. Oligoclonal immune response in cerebral cavernous malformations. Laboratory investigation. J Neurosurg. 2007 Nov; 107(5):1023-6.
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    Score: 0.067
  45. Growth of PIK3CA-driven cerebral cavernous malformations does not require microbiome stimulation. JCI Insight. 2026 Sep 08; 11(17).
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    Score: 0.061
  46. Cerebral cavernous malformations: clinical insights from genetic studies. Neurosurg Focus. 2006 Jul 15; 21(1):e1.
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    Score: 0.061
  47. Functional and Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Atorvastatin versus Placebo Trial of Hemorrhagic Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: An Exploratory Study. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2026 Apr 24; 1-9.
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    Score: 0.060
  48. TIE2 links MEKK3-KLF2/4 and PI3K signaling in cerebral cavernous malformation. J Exp Med. 2026 May 04; 223(5).
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    Score: 0.060
  49. Biallelic somatic and germ line CCM1 truncating mutations in a cerebral cavernous malformation lesion. Stroke. 2005 Apr; 36(4):872-4.
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    Score: 0.056
  50. Pathobiology of human cerebrovascular malformations: basic mechanisms and clinical relevance. Neurosurgery. 2004 Jul; 55(1):1-16; discussion 16-7.
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    Score: 0.053
  51. Mild Hypoxia Accelerates Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Disease Through CX3CR1-CX3CL1 Signaling. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 06; 44(6):1246-1264.
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    Score: 0.053
  52. Multidisciplinary coordinated care of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease). Vasc Med. 2023 04; 28(2):153-165.
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    Score: 0.049
  53. Plasma metabolites with mechanistic and clinical links to the neurovascular disease cavernous angioma. Commun Med (Lond). 2023 Mar 03; 3(1):35.
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    Score: 0.049
  54. ß1 integrin monoclonal antibody treatment ameliorates cerebral cavernous malformations. FASEB J. 2022 12; 36(12):e22629.
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    Score: 0.048
  55. Circulating Plasma miRNA Homologs in Mice and Humans Reflect Familial Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Disease. Transl Stroke Res. 2023 08; 14(4):513-529.
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    Score: 0.046
  56. Perfusion and Permeability MRI Predicts Future Cavernous Angioma Hemorrhage and Growth. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2022 05; 55(5):1440-1449.
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    Score: 0.044
  57. Astrocytes propel neurovascular dysfunction during cerebral cavernous malformation lesion formation. J Clin Invest. 2021 07 01; 131(13).
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    Score: 0.043
  58. Perfusion and permeability as diagnostic biomarkers of cavernous angioma with symptomatic hemorrhage. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2021 11; 41(11):2944-2956.
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    Score: 0.043
  59. PIK3CA and CCM mutations fuel cavernomas through a cancer-like mechanism. Nature. 2021 06; 594(7862):271-276.
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    Score: 0.043
  60. Cerebral cavernous malformations are driven by ADAMTS5 proteolysis of versican. J Exp Med. 2020 10 05; 217(10).
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    Score: 0.041
  61. Novel Murine Models of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Angiogenesis. 2020 11; 23(4):651-666.
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    Score: 0.041
  62. Common transcriptome, plasma molecules, and imaging signatures in the aging brain and a Mendelian neurovascular disease, cerebral cavernous malformation. Geroscience. 2020 10; 42(5):1351-1363.
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    Score: 0.040
  63. Permissive microbiome characterizes human subjects with a neurovascular disease cavernous angioma. Nat Commun. 2020 05 27; 11(1):2659.
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    Score: 0.040
  64. Antibodies in cerebral cavernous malformations react with cytoskeleton autoantigens in the lesional milieu. J Autoimmun. 2020 09; 113:102469.
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    Score: 0.040
  65. Subclinical imaging changes in cerebral cavernous angiomas during prospective surveillance. J Neurosurg. 2021 03 01; 134(3):1147-1154.
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    Score: 0.040
  66. Atorvastatin Treatment of Cavernous Angiomas with Symptomatic Hemorrhage Exploratory Proof of Concept (AT CASH EPOC) Trial. Neurosurgery. 2019 12 01; 85(6):843-853.
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    Score: 0.039
  67. Distinct cellular roles for PDCD10 define a gut-brain axis in cerebral cavernous malformation. Sci Transl Med. 2019 11 27; 11(520).
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    Score: 0.039
  68. Biology of vascular malformations of the brain. Stroke. 2009 Dec; 40(12):e694-702.
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    Score: 0.038
  69. Phantom validation of quantitative susceptibility and dynamic contrast-enhanced permeability MR sequences across instruments and sites. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2020 04; 51(4):1192-1199.
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    Score: 0.038
  70. A Brain-Targeted Orally Available ROCK2 Inhibitor Benefits Mild and Aggressive Cavernous Angioma Disease. Transl Stroke Res. 2020 06; 11(3):365-376.
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    Score: 0.038
  71. Transcriptome clarifies mechanisms of lesion genesis versus progression in models of Ccm3 cerebral cavernous malformations. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2019 08 19; 7(1):132.
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    Score: 0.038
  72. Biomarkers of cavernous angioma with symptomatic hemorrhage. JCI Insight. 2019 06 20; 4(12).
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    Score: 0.038
  73. Trial Readiness in Cavernous Angiomas With Symptomatic Hemorrhage (CASH). Neurosurgery. 2019 04 01; 84(4):954-964.
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    Score: 0.037
  74. Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of cerebral cavernous malformation across multiple species and genotypes. JCI Insight. 2019 Feb 07; 4(3).
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    Score: 0.037
  75. Phenotypic characterization of murine models of cerebral cavernous malformations. Lab Invest. 2019 03; 99(3):319-330.
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    Score: 0.035
  76. Plasma Biomarkers of Inflammation and Angiogenesis Predict Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Symptomatic Hemorrhage or Lesional Growth. Circ Res. 2018 06 08; 122(12):1716-1721.
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    Score: 0.035
  77. Thrombospondin1 (TSP1) replacement prevents cerebral cavernous malformations. J Exp Med. 2017 Nov 06; 214(11):3331-3346.
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    Score: 0.033
  78. Endothelial TLR4 and the microbiome drive cerebral cavernous malformations. Nature. 2017 05 18; 545(7654):305-310.
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    Score: 0.033
  79. Corrigendum: Cerebral cavernous malformations arise from endothelial gain of MEKK3-KLF2/4 signalling. Nature. 2016 08 25; 536(7617):488.
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    Score: 0.030
  80. Cerebral cavernous malformations arise from endothelial gain of MEKK3-KLF2/4 signalling. Nature. 2016 Apr 07; 532(7597):122-6.
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    Score: 0.030
  81. Evaluation of iron content in human cerebral cavernous malformation using quantitative susceptibility mapping. Invest Radiol. 2014 Jul; 49(7):498-504.
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    Score: 0.027
  82. Lesions from patients with sporadic cerebral cavernous malformations harbor somatic mutations in the CCM genes: evidence for a common biochemical pathway for CCM pathogenesis. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Aug 15; 23(16):4357-70.
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    Score: 0.026
  83. A novel mouse model of cerebral cavernous malformations based on the two-hit mutation hypothesis recapitulates the human disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Jan 15; 20(2):211-22.
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    Score: 0.021
  84. Cerebral cavernous malformations proteins inhibit Rho kinase to stabilize vascular integrity. J Exp Med. 2010 Apr 12; 207(4):881-96.
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    Score: 0.020
  85. Cerebral cavernous malformations: somatic mutations in vascular endothelial cells. Neurosurgery. 2009 Jul; 65(1):138-44; discussion 144-5.
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    Score: 0.019
  86. Genomics of human intracranial aneurysm wall. Stroke. 2009 Apr; 40(4):1252-61.
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    Score: 0.018
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