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Intravenous tPA for acute stroke: Any and all hospitals? Any and all docs?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

David J. Rhine
David J. Rhine*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*
PO Box 3354, MBC 84, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia; drhine@hotmail.com

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CJEM Journal Club • Club de lecture du JCMU
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 189 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2000

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