Antiplatelet therapy with aspirin in acute ischaemic stroke

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 180-182

  Sandercock, Peter ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0030756914     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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