Current strategies for the treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic internal carotid artery stenosis
β Scribed by Toral R. Patel; Ketan R. Bulsara
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5607
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