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Selective intra-arterial recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator in a case of acute posterior inferior cerebellar artery occlusion

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Ozdemir, G. Selective intra-arterial recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator in a case of acute posterior inferior cerebellar artery occlusion. Acta Neurol Belg 120, 935–937 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-019-01130-6

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