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Does Doppler detection of asymptomatic embolization predict stroke risk in symptomatic carotid artery stenosis?

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The synopsis was written by Emma Campbell, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. McKinney-Avant Professor of Neurology, Head of the Section on Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, and Medical Director of the Neuroultrasound Laboratory,

    Charles H Tegeler & Jongyeol Kim

  2. Assistant Professor of Neurology, at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Charles H Tegeler & Jongyeol Kim

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Tegeler, C., Kim, J. Does Doppler detection of asymptomatic embolization predict stroke risk in symptomatic carotid artery stenosis?. Nat Rev Neurol 1, 12–13 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0034

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