Clinical Use of Scents for Carotid Artery Disease

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 809-827

  Phatouros, Constantine C ^a   Higashida, Randall T ^a   Malek, Adel M ^a   Meyers, Philip M ^a   Lempert, Todd E ^a   Dowd, Christopher F ^a   Van Halbach, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; dissection; endarterectomy; endovascular stenting; intracranial aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032763720     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.809     Document Type: Article

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