Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 296-298 , March 2002

Use of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke

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☆ This systematic review abstract is taken from Wardlaw JM, del Zoppo G, Yamaguchi T. Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library. Issue 2. Oxford, United Kingdom: Update Software; 2001.

☆☆ Reprints not available from the commentator. Address for correspondence: Eddy S. Lang, MDCM, CCFP(EM), CSPQ, Emergency Department, Sir Mortimer B. David Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste. Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2; 514-340-8222 ext. 5568, fax 514-340-7917; E-mail: eddylang@videotron.ca

PII: S0196-0644(02)73709-8

doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.122205

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 296-298 , March 2002

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