Response to letter by Karapanayiotides et al [8]

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1647-

  Wasserman, Bruce A ^a   Wityk, Robert J ^a   Trout III, Hugh H ^b   Virmani, Renu ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RUPTURE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY ATHEROMA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBUS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33748080143     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000227287.30311.54     Document Type: Letter

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