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7 - Common pitfalls in intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2015

José Biller
Affiliation:
Loyola University Stricht School of Medicine
José M. Ferro
Affiliation:
Universidade de Lisboa
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Common Pitfalls in Cerebrovascular Disease
Case-Based Learning
, pp. 80 - 89
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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