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A Fibrin-Enriched and tPA-Sensitive Photothrombotic Stroke Model
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[Resolutive fibrinolysis in a case of acute mesenteric ischaemia] [In Process Citation]
1Servicio de Cirugia General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Insular Universitario de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Espana.
Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas
|May 9, 2000
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