Transcranial Doppler and cerebrovascular risk stratification in patients with internal carotid artery atherosclerosis

Ultrasound and Carotid Bifurcation Atherosclerosis

Volumn 9781848826885, Issue , 2012, Pages 571-593

  Abbott, Anne L ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-688-5_34     Document Type: Chapter

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