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The highest incidence of aneurysms at bifurcations of different configuration among all cerebral arteries occurs at the bifurcation of large unpaired pericallosal arteries. A berry aneurysm was present in seven (41%) of 17 unpaired pericallosal arteries in our material.
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Huber, P., Braun, J., Hirschmann, D. et al. Incidence of berry aneurysms of the unpaired pericallosal artery: Angiographic study. Neuroradiology 19, 143–147 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00342389
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