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Elderly patients and intra-arterial stroke therapy

Thabele M Leslie-MazwiNeuroendovascular, Neurologic Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ronil V ChandraNeurointerventional Radiology, Monash Medical Center, Melbourne, Australia
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Claus Z SimonsenNeurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Albert J YooNeuroendovascular, Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Pages 1713-1723 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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