Ximelagatran vs warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a randomized trial.

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Published in JAMA on February 09, 2005

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Gregory W Albers1, Hans-Christoph Diener, Lars Frison, Margaretha Grind, Mark Nevinson, Stephen Partridge, Jonathan L Halperin, Jay Horrow, S Bertil Olsson, Palle Petersen, Alec Vahanian, SPORTIF Executive Steering Committee for the SPORTIF V Investigators

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1: Stanford Stroke Center, Palo Alto, Calif, USA.

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