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Could thrombolytic approaches in acute stroke benefit from stringent selection criteria?

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  1. AB Maulaz, M de Castro Ribeiro, R Londero and JOD Soares are Neurologists in the Moinhos de Vento Hospital Stroke Unit, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,

    Alexandre B Maulaz, Marlise de Castro Ribeiro, Renata Londero & José Otávio D Soares

  2. RT Martins is Neurologist-in-Chief of the Neurology Department of Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao and a Neurologist in neurovascular diseases at Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,

    Rodrigo Targa Martins

  3. JG Fernandes is Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, and Director of the Institute of Education and research of the Moinhos de Vento Hospital Association, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,

    Jefferson Gomes Fernandes

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Maulaz, A., Martins, R., de Castro Ribeiro, M. et al. Could thrombolytic approaches in acute stroke benefit from stringent selection criteria?. Nat Rev Neurol 5, 138–139 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro1048

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