Intravenous desmoteplase in patients with acute ischaemic stroke selected by MRI perfusion-diffusion weighted imaging or perfusion CT (DIAS-2): a prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

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Published in Lancet Neurol on December 25, 2008

Authors

Werner Hacke1, Anthony J Furlan, Yasir Al-Rawi, Antoni Davalos, Jochen B Fiebach, Franz Gruber, Markku Kaste, Leslie J Lipka, Salvador Pedraza, Peter A Ringleb, Howard A Rowley, Dietmar Schneider, Lee H Schwamm, Joaquin Serena Leal, Mariola Söhngen, Phil A Teal, Karin Wilhelm-Ogunbiyi, Max Wintermark, Steven Warach

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. werner.hacke@med.uniheidelberg.de

Associated clinical trials:

Study of Desmoteplase (International Nonproprietary Name [INN]) in Acute Ischemic Stroke (DIAS-2) | NCT00111852

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