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Chapter 28 - Intervention for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

from Section 5 - Secondary Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2018

Gary K. K. Lau ,
Sarah T. Pendlebury  and
Peter M. Rothwell
Gary K. K. Lau
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Sarah T. Pendlebury
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Peter M. Rothwell
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
Diagnosis, Investigation and Treatment
 , pp. 419 - 428
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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