Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for cervical carotid artery stenosis
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting for carotid artery stenosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nosotchu
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0912-0726,1883-1923
DOI: 10.3995/jstroke.7.142