Deep cervical lymphatic-venous anastomosis in dementia: a clinical and mechanistic evaluation
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Authors
- L. P. Xin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9422-3437)
- Xinrong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9052-2387)
- Dengwen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8673-7614)
- Xiaoju Zheng
- Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6594-8917)
- Cong Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1661-6793)
- Aimei Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9695-1094)
- Peng He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9384-5773)
- Song Wen-bin
- Haijun Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9240-1930)
- Shi Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9927-3547)
- Yuqi Zheng
- Baoshan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3417-9283)
- Shuang Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1098-0711)
- Yujiao Li
- Rongguo Yang
- Linjuan Wu
Institutions
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (ES)
- First Hospital of Xi'an (CN)
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (PT)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/js9.0000000000004561
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00