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Sonographic NASCET Index: A New Doppler Parameter for Assessment of Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis

Gasser M. Hathout, James R. Fink, Suzie M. El-Saden and Edward G. Grant
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2005, 26 (1) 68-75;
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Gasser M. Hathout, James R. Fink, Suzie M. El-Saden, Edward G. Grant
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