Intra-arterial prourokinase for acute ischemic stroke. The PROACT II study: a randomized controlled trial. Prolyse in Acute Cerebral Thromboembolism.

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Published in JAMA on December 01, 1999

Authors

A Furlan1, R Higashida, L Wechsler, M Gent, H Rowley, C Kase, M Pessin, A Ahuja, F Callahan, W M Clark, F Silver, F Rivera

Author Affiliations

1: Cerebrovascular Center, Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA. furlana@ccf.org

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