Angioplasty for intracranial artery stenosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Cruz Flores, Salvador ^a   Diamond, Alan L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; STENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOPLASTY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; STENTS;

EID: 33750141190     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004133.pub2     Document Type: Review

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