ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The state of cognitive functions after angioreconstructive operations on the carotid arteries

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Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Roman B. Medvedev
Volokolamskoye shosse 80, Moscow, 125367; ur.xednay@namor-vedevdem

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Funding: the study was ordered by the Research Center of Neurology (Federal Research Institution).

Author contribution: Tanashyan MM — study design development, manuscript editing; Medvedev RB — literature analysis, study design development, data collection, analysis and interpretation, manuscript authoring; Lagoda OV and Berdnikovich ES — literature analysis, study design development, data collection and interpretation, manuscript editing; Skrylev SI — angiosurgery, manuscript editing; Gemdzhian EG — study concept and design, data analysis, statistical analysis, manuscript compilation and editing; Krotenkova MV — image data analysis and interpretation, manuscript editing.

Received: 2019-08-15 Accepted: 2019-08-29 Published online: 2019-09-17
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