Reproducibility of cerebral cortical infarction in the wistar rat after middle cerebral artery occlusion

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 380-387

  Coert, Bert A ^a   Anderson, Robert E ^a   Meyer, Fredric B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal ischemia; Infarction; Model; Stroke; Therapy; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343815859     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3057(99)80045-7     Document Type: Article

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