Does the neurologist add value to the carotid endarterectomy patient?

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 610-613

  Chaturvedi, Seemant ^a,c   Hachinski, Vladimir ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031944214     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.3.610     Document Type: Review

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