Carotid artery stenosis: Patients should have access to all treatments

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7747, 2010, Pages 611-

  Cleveland, Trevor J ^a   Gaines, Peter A ^a   Venables, Graham S ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NOTE; STROKE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 77949894710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1467     Document Type: Letter

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