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Resolved: Heparin May Be Useful in Selected Patients With Brain Ischemia

Louis R. Caplan MD^*

From the Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: lcaplan{at}caregroup.harvard.edu.

Key words: heparin • ischemia • stroke, ischemic • thrombi

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