Carotid Plaque Ulceration: Unquantified Predictor of Stroke

Overview

Journal BJS Open

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2023 Jun 23

PMID 37352871

Authors

Luke C Smith

Jonathan P Funnell

Toby Richards

Lawrence M J Best

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