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5B - Contrast-enhanced carotid ultrasound and the unstable plaque

from 5 - Atherosclerotic carotid disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

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Edoardo Vicenzini
Edited by
László Csiba  and
Claudio Baracchini
László Csiba
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Debreceni Egyetem, Hungary
Claudio Baracchini
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
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Manual of Neurosonology , pp. 64 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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