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Is carotid artery stenting superior to carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic stroke patients?

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The synopsis was written by Alexandra King, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK peter.rothwell@clinical-neurology.oxford.ac.uk

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  1. PM Rothwell is Professor of Clinical Neurology and Director of the Stroke Prevention Research Unit at the University of Oxford, UK.,

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Rothwell, P. Is carotid artery stenting superior to carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic stroke patients?. Nat Rev Cardiol 4, 184–185 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0828

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