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European Heart Journal 2001 22(1):11-14; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2226
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Editorial

The Interrelation between carotid, femoral and coronary artery disease

P.M. Rothwell

Department of Clinical Neurolgy, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, U.K

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