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Geometric and Compositional Appearance of Atheroma in an Angiographically Normal Carotid Artery in Patients with Atherosclerosis

L. Dong, H.R. Underhill, W. Yu, H. Ota, T.S. Hatsukami, T.L. Gao, Z. Zhang, M. Oikawa, X. Zhao and C. Yuan
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2010, 31 (2) 311-316; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1793
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