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Atherosclerotic Plaque at the Carotid Bifurcation: CT Angiographic Appearance with Histopathologic Correlation
T. Barry Oliver, G. Alistair Lammie, Andrew R. Wright, Joanna Wardlaw, Sandi G. Patel, Russell Peek, C. Vaughan Ruckley and Donald A. Collie
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 1999, 20 (5) 897-901;
T. Barry Oliver
G. Alistair Lammie
Andrew R. Wright
Joanna Wardlaw
Sandi G. Patel
Russell Peek
C. Vaughan Ruckley
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Atherosclerotic Plaque at the Carotid Bifurcation: CT Angiographic Appearance with Histopathologic Correlation
T. Barry Oliver, G. Alistair Lammie, Andrew R. Wright, Joanna Wardlaw, Sandi G. Patel, Russell Peek, C. Vaughan Ruckley, Donald A. Collie
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 1999, 20 (5) 897-901;
Atherosclerotic Plaque at the Carotid Bifurcation: CT Angiographic Appearance with Histopathologic Correlation
T. Barry Oliver, G. Alistair Lammie, Andrew R. Wright, Joanna Wardlaw, Sandi G. Patel, Russell Peek, C. Vaughan Ruckley, Donald A. Collie
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 1999, 20 (5) 897-901;
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