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State of the art medical management of acute ischemic stroke

  • Jeffrey L. Saver
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    Address reprint requests to Jeffrey L. Saver, MD, UCLA Stroke Center, Reed Neurologic Research Center, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
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    Department of Neurology UCLA Stroke Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA., USA

    Department of Emergency Medicine, UCLA Stroke Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA., USA
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  • Sidney Starkman
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    Department of Neurology UCLA Stroke Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA., USA

    Department of Emergency Medicine, UCLA Stroke Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA., USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1052-3057(97)80008-0
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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1052-3057(97)80008-0

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