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Submitted on November 15, 2004
Accepted on November 16, 2004

Approval of the MERCI Clot Retriever. A Critical View

Kyra J. Becker MD^* and Thomas G. Brott MD

From the University of Washington School of Medicine (K.J.B.), Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Wash; and the Mayo Clinic (T.G.B.), Jacksonville Fla.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kjb{at}u.washington.edu.

Key words: acute care • stroke, ischemic

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