Endarterectomy for asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1481-1490

  Lanska, Douglas J ^a,c   Kryscio, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS;

EID: 0031154869     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006114-199706000-00001     Document Type: Article

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