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A Fibrin-Enriched and tPA-Sensitive Photothrombotic Stroke Model
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Iatrogenic cavernous sinus thrombosis after fibrinolysis and mechanical thrombectomy
M A Pascual-Santiago1, C Oribio Quinton1, I Collado Vincueria1
1Servicio de Oftalmología, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Calle del Prof Martín Lagos, s/n, Moncloa-Aravaca, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud (RETICS), Oftared, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Journal Francais D'Ophtalmologie
|June 4, 2024
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