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Re: Confounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality

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  1. Departments of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Andrew M. Naidech, Matthew B. Maas, Eric M. Liotta, James C. Guth & Stephan U. Schuele

  2. Departments of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Rebecca M. Bauer

  3. Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Rajeev K. Garg & Thomas P. Bleck

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Naidech, A.M., Maas, M.B., Liotta, E.M. et al. Re: Confounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality. Neurocrit Care 18, 285–286 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-012-9811-0

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