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Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Patient with Moyamoya Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Hye Mi Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology (HML, MYE, WKS) and Radiology (SIS), Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Email: nukseo@korea.ac.kr
Mi-Yeon Eun
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology (HML, MYE, WKS) and Radiology (SIS), Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Email: nukseo@korea.ac.kr
Woo-Keun Seo
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology (HML, MYE, WKS) and Radiology (SIS), Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Email: nukseo@korea.ac.kr
Sang il Suh
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology (HML, MYE, WKS) and Radiology (SIS), Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Email: nukseo@korea.ac.kr
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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