Long-term outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of stenting vs aggressive medical therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis. Neurosurgery 2014

CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2015; 02(01): 073-074
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646114

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Renu Bala

¹Department of Anaesthesia, BDS, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India

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