Effects of thrombolysis for acute stroke in patients with pre-existing disability.

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Published in CMAJ on August 05, 2003

Authors

R Blaine Taylor Foell1, Brian Silver, Jose G Merino, Edward H Wong, Bart M Demaerschalk, Fali Poncha, Arturo Tamayo, Vladimir Hachinski

Author Affiliations

1: London Health Sciences Centre, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, and the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.

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