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Comment
. 2022 Oct 11;194(39):E1352-E1353.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.221415.

A practical approach to the acute management of patients with likely cerebral ischemia

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A practical approach to the acute management of patients with likely cerebral ischemia

Shelagh B Coutts et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: Michael Hill reports funding from NoNO, Boehringer Ingelheim, Medtronic, Biogen, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Alberta Innovates, as well as consulting fees from Sun Pharma, outside the submitted work. He holds patents (US 62/086,077 and US 10,916,346) and stock or stock options in Basking Neuroscience, Pure Web and Circle. He participates on data safety monitoring boards with the ARTESIA, BRAIN-AF, DUMAS and Oncovir Hiltonol trials, and is a steering committee member for the OCEAN trial. He is a board member with the Canadian Stroke Consortium and president of the Canadian Neuroscience Federation. No other competing interests were declared.

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