Endovascular treatment of noncarotid extracranial cerebrovascular disease

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 331-350

  Phatouros, C C ^a   Higashida, R T ^a   Malek, A M ^a   Meyers, P M ^a   Lefler, J E ^a   Dowd, C F ^a   Halbach, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY DISSECTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033999414     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(18)30136-0     Document Type: Review

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