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Low-Dose Eptifibatide for Tandem Occlusion in Stroke: Safety and Carotid Artery Patency

A. Jost, C. Roels, M. Brown, R. Janjua and D. Heck
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2021, 42 (4) 738-742; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6985
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aFrom the Wake Forest School of Medicine (A.J.), Winston Salem, North Carolina
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