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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2019.057

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for assessing neovascularization of carotid atherosclerotic plaque

Evdokimenko AN, Chechetkin AO, Druina LD, Tanashyan MM
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Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Anna N. Evdokimenko
Volokolamskoe shosse 80, Moscow, 125367; ur.ygoloruen@oknemikodve

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Funding: this study was supported by Research Center of Neurology Government funding.

Acknowledgment: the authors thank Skrylev SI, Shchipakin VL and Koshcheev AYu (Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Research Center of Neurology) for providing biopsy specimens.

Author contribution: Evdokimenko AN — literature analysis, study design, data acquisition and interpretation, manuscript preparation; Chechetkin AO — literature analysis, study design, data acquisition and interpretation, manuscript revision; Druina LD — data acquisition; Tanashyan MM — study design, manuscript revision.

Received: 2019-08-15 Accepted: 2019-08-30 Published online: 2019-08-31
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