Ultrasonography

Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 497-524

  Meairs, Stephen ^a   Hennerici, Michael ^a   Mohr, J P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology University of Heidelberg Mannheim Medical School ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-306600-0/50026-2     Document Type: Chapter

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