Preventing stroke in symptomatic carotid artery disease during the COVID-19 pandemic

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¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Joyce Hellegering et al. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Aug.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.04.476. Epub 2020 May 21.

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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