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Clearing the air on clearing the carotid

Nature Reviews Neurology volume 7, pages 68–70 (2011)Cite this article

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Many articles were published in 2010 that had or will conceivably have a major impact on the field of stroke. With regard to practical patient care, however, several pivotal studies investigating avenues for optimal management of carotid artery atherosclerotic disease were especially important.

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  1. Stroke Center and Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, MC 8466, San Diego, 92103-8466, CA, USA

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Ovbiagele, B. Clearing the air on clearing the carotid. Nat Rev Neurol 7, 68–70 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2010.211

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