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Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis in the Real World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2016

Thomas E. Feasby
Thomas E. Feasby*
Affiliation:
Calgary, Alberta
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 95 - 96
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