Intravenous thrombolysis for stroke in patients taking non-VKA oral anticoagulants: an update

Manuel Cappellari; Paolo Bovi

doi:10.1160/TH14-11-0973

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2015; 114(02): 440-444
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-11-0973

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Intravenous thrombolysis for stroke in patients taking non-VKA oral anticoagulants: an update

Manuel Cappellari

¹Stroke Unit, Division of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Italy

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Paolo Bovi

¹Stroke Unit, Division of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Italy

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