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A Rat Carotid Artery Pressure-Controlled Segmental Balloon Injury with Periadventitial Therapeutic Application

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Carotid artery disease and interventional therapy

J P Mohr, Wesley S Moore, J Kejda-Scharler

    Current Opinion in Neurology
    |December 29, 2011
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