Low dose beta blockade in acute stroke ("BEST" trial): an evaluation.

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Published in Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) on March 12, 1988

Authors

D H Barer1, J M Cruickshank, S B Ebrahim, J R Mitchell

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1: University Hospital, Nottingham.

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