Limitations to the value of the Sapphire trial

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-143

  Bell, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid angioplasty; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenting; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646528680     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2006.11679860     Document Type: Article

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