A randomised controlled trial of warfarin versus aspirin for stroke prevention in octogenarians with atrial fibrillation (WASPO).

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Published in Age Ageing on December 15, 2006

Authors

Amar Rash1, Tom Downes, Robin Portner, Wilf W Yeo, Nicolette Morgan, Kevin S Channer

Author Affiliations

1: Northern General Hospital, Medicine for the Elderly, Sheffield, UK.

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