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Drug Evaluations

Pharmacokinetics of alteplase in the treatment of ischaemic stroke

, MB ChB MSc MD MRCP (Doctor in Clinical Pharmacology) & , MD FRCP (Professor, Jacobson Chair of Clinical Pharmacology)
Pages 271-281 | Published online: 17 Jan 2012

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