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Intravenous tPA for acute stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Gord Gubitz
Affiliation:
Neurology, ggubitz@is.dal.ca
Steve Phillips
Affiliation:
Neurology, jimchris@unixg.ubc.ca, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Courrier
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2001

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