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Submitted on May 16, 2006
Accepted on June 12, 2006

Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis Is the Treatment of Choice for Basilar Thrombosis. Pro

Peter D. Schellinger MD, PhD^* and Werner Hacke MD, PhD

From the Departments of Neurology, University of Erlangen (P.D.S.) and University of Heidelberg (W.H.), Germany.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Peter.Schellinger{at}neuro.imed.uni-erlangen.de.

Key words: thrombolysis

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