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Delays in Carotid Endarterectomy with Symptomatic High-Grade Carotid Stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Christopher Ahuja  and
Leodante da Costa
Christopher Ahuja
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Leodante da Costa
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 39 , Issue 5 , September 2012 , pp. 690 - 693
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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