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Editorial
. 2006 Jul;77(7):812.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.091520. Epub 2006 Mar 30.

Too old to thrombolyse?

P C A J Vroomen
Editorial

Too old to thrombolyse?

P C A J Vroomen. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Future trials do include very old patients will hold the answer but in the meantime observational data provide some clues

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Competing interests: None declared.

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