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Research Article| Volume 6, ISSUE 4, P180-184, April 1997

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Carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic disease

  • Stanley N. Cohen
    Correspondence
    Address reprint requests to Stanley N. Cohen, MD, Neurology Service (127), West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073.
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    West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA., USA
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