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Detection of Clinically Silent Infarcts after Carotid Endarterectomy by Use of Diffusion-weighted Imaging
Robert J. Feiwell, Lavrentios Besmertis, Rajabrata Sarkar, David A. Saloner and Joseph H. Rapp
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2001, 22 (4) 646-649;
Robert J. Feiwell
Lavrentios Besmertis
Rajabrata Sarkar
David A. Saloner

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Detection of Clinically Silent Infarcts after Carotid Endarterectomy by Use of Diffusion-weighted Imaging
Robert J. Feiwell, Lavrentios Besmertis, Rajabrata Sarkar, David A. Saloner, Joseph H. Rapp
American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2001, 22 (4) 646-649;
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