Stroke: New mechanical clot retrieval devices show superiority in patients with acute ischaemic stroke

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Heather Wood. Nat Rev Neurol. 2012 Oct.

. 2012 Oct;8(10):531.

doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.196. Epub 2012 Sep 18.

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