Evaluation of Carotid Plaque Morphology

Vascular Diagnosis

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 131-148

  Nicolaides, Andrew N ^a,b,c   Griffin, Maura ^d   Kakkos, Stavros K ^a   Geroulakos, George ^a,b   Kyriakou, Efthyvoulos ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d Vascular Noninvasive Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 77649128947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9426-9.50017-0     Document Type: Chapter

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