Treatment of oral anticoagulant related intracranial hemorrhages

Mushtaq H. Qureshi; J. Alfredo Caceres; Adnan I. Qureshi

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139775397.025

Chapter 24 - Treatment of oral anticoagulant related intracranial hemorrhages

from Section IX - Medication reversal and restarting in patients with iatrogenic strokes

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2016

Mushtaq H. Qureshi ,

J. Alfredo Caceres and

Adnan I. Qureshi

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Alexander Tsiskaridze ,

Arne Lindgren and

Adnan I. Qureshi

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Alexander Tsiskaridze: Affiliation:
Sarajishvili Institute of Neurology, Tblisi State University, Georgia
Arne Lindgren: Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Lund, Sweden
Adnan I. Qureshi: Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota

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Information: Treatment-Related Stroke
Including Iatrogenic and In-Hospital Strokes
, pp. 255 - 264

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