Intracranial Atherosclerosis Disease: A Preventable Epidemic

Majaz Moonis^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Director of Stroke Services and Fellowship Program, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
² Director of Stroke and Sleep Programs, Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam Connecticut, Putnam, CT, USA.

Editorial

Majaz Moonis. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2020 May-Jun.

. 2020 May-Jun;23(3):246-247.

doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_82_20. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Majaz Moonis^{1

2}

¹ Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Director of Stroke Services and Fellowship Program, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
² Director of Stroke and Sleep Programs, Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam Connecticut, Putnam, CT, USA.

No abstract available

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