Research on intracranial atherosclerosis from the East and west: why are the results different?

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Published in J Stroke on September 30, 2014

Authors

Jong S Kim1, David Bonovich2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
2: Department of Neurology, Sutter Health Eden Medical Center, CA, USA.

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