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2. Rothwell PM, Gutnikov SA, Warlow CP for the ECST: Re-analysis of the final results of the European Carotid Surgery Trial. Stroke 2003;34:514-523. [Abstract] [PDF]

3. Rothwell PM, Warlow CP on behalf of the ECST Collaborators: Prediction of benefit from carotid endarterectomy in individual patients: A risk-modelling study. Lancet 1999;353:2105--2110. [Abstract] [PDF]

4. Rothwell PM, Mehta Z, Howard SC, Gutnikov SA, CP Warlow.  From subgroups to individuals: general principles and the example of carotid endartectomy. Lancet 2005; 365: 256-65. [Abstract] [PDF]

5. Rothwell PM, Eliasziw M, Gutnikov SA,  Warlow CP, Barnett HJM for the Carotid Endarterectomy Trialists’ Collaboration. Endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis in relation to clinical subgroups and the timing of surgery. Lancet 2004; 363: 915-24. [Abstract][PDF]

6. Lovett JK, Coull A, Rothwell PM, on behalf of the Oxford Vascular Study. Early risk of recurrent stroke by aetiological subtype: implications for stroke prevention. Neurology 2004; 62: 569-74. [Abstract] [PDF]

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11. Rothwell PM,  Gibson R,  Warlow CP.  The interrelation  between  plaque surface morphology, degree of  stenosis and  the   risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis.  Stroke 2000; 31: 615-621. [Abstract] [PDF]

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