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Chapter 5 - Ultrasound in Acute Ischemic Stroke

from Section 1 - Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2019

By
László Csiba
Edited by
Michael Brainin  and
Wolf-Dieter Heiss
Michael Brainin
Affiliation:
Donau-Universität Krems, Austria
Wolf-Dieter Heiss
Affiliation:
Universität zu Köln
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Textbook of Stroke Medicine , pp. 90 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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