Chapter 3 Animal models of ischemic stroke

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2008, Pages 43-66

  Durukan, Aysan ^a   Tatlisumak, Turgut ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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EID: 66049114914     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0072-9752(08)01903-9     Document Type: Review

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