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Stroke: Medical Crisis!

   

 

The saddest brainstorm

Risks and hazards

Treatment Conundrum

Big hopes, big flops

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Related Why Files

Paper
Doctors Fail to Follow Advice in Giving TPA, Scott Gottlieb, BMJ, March 11, 2000, p. 666.

Intravenous Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator for Treatment of Acute Stroke: the Standard Treatment with Alteplase to Reverse Stroke (STARS) Study, Albers GW et al, JAMA 283: pp. 1151 ff.

Neuroprotection and the Ischemic Cascade, Robert Felberg et al, CNS Spectrums, March, 2000, pp. 52-7.

Electronic

Stroke FAQ.

Stroke Improves Outlook, Ends Man's Lifelong Stuttering

Alcohol and Caffeine May Aid Stroke Victims

Cardiovascular Disease and Life Expectancy


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