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To the Editor: In their article on cerebral vascular anatomy as a risk factor for ischemic infarction (June 2 issue),¹ Schomer et al. incorrectly imply that unilateral "watershed" infarcts can occur in juxtaventricular white matter. We wish to correct this error. We also urge that the term "watershed" be banished from the medical literature. "Watershed" is a mistranslation of die letzte Wiese, or "last meadow," where a billabong may form. A true watershed is a ridge dividing two areas drained by different river systems. Hence, it is a source, rather than a destination, of flow.

Eighty-seven years ago, Beevor² studied . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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