Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 316-318 , July 2009

Acute Massive Cerebral Infarctions Treated with Hemodialysis

  • Kessarin Panichpisal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Kessarin Panichpisal, MD, Department of Neurology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203.
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  • Takamitsu Saigusa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Sharmila Sehli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
    • ,
  • Kenneth Nugent, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
    • ,
  • Jeremiah H.C. Yim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Received 24 September 2008 ,Revised 28 October 2008 ,Accepted 3 November 2008.

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PII: S1052-3057(08)00266-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.11.015

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 316-318 , July 2009

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