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Fibrinolytic treatment of intraventricular haemorrhage preceding surgical repair of ruptured aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations

L. MAYFRANK Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty of the University of Technology (RWTH), Aachen, Germany
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V. ROHDE Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty of the University of Technology (RWTH), Aachen, Germany
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J. M. GILSBACH Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty of the University of Technology (RWTH), Aachen, Germany
Pages 128-131 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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