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Brain, Vol. 123, No. 1, 192-193, January 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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ACUTE STROKE TREATMENT.

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Dr T. A. T. Hughes

University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

The use of thrombolysis as a treatment for acute ischaemic stroke is changing the nature of stroke medicine. A disease which used to be managed with relatively modest facilities and without a perceived need for urgent assessment may now require a senior clinical and radiological opinion within a few hours of the onset of relevant symptoms if a potentially hazardous treatment is to be administered. The consensus in the UK is that the routine use of thrombolysis is not justified and that further trials are required; . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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