Screening for high-grade carotid stenosis using a portable ultrasonography instrument.

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Published in J Neuroimaging on July 01, 2006

Authors

Ulf Schminke1, Lillian Motsch, Li-Ming Lien, Teng-Yeow Tan, M Gene Bond, James F Toole, Charles H Tegeler

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. u.schminke@klksig.de

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