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Treatment of Carotid Stenosis in Octogenarians: Stenting or Surgery?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Mel Boulton  and
David Pelz
Mel Boulton
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
David Pelz
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 385 - 386
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