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Collateral Score Complements Clot Location in Predicting the Outcome of Intravenous Thrombolysis

J.T. Saarinen, H. Rusanen and N. Sillanpää
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2014, 35 (10) 1892-1896; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3983
J.T. Saarinen
aFrom the Department of Neurology (J.T.S.), University of Tampere, Tampere and Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland
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bDepartment of Neurology (H.R.), Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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cMedical Imaging Center (N.S.), Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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