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Intra-arterial thrombolysis in a young patient with cocaine-associated stroke

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  1. Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Sant’Anna Hospital, Via Napoleona, 60, 22100, Como, Italy

    Simone Vidale, Franco Di Palma, Alberto Sampietro & Marco Arnaboldi

  2. Department of Interventional Radiology, Sant’Anna Hospital, Como, Italy

    Roberto Peroni & Gino Gozzi

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Vidale, S., Peroni, R., Di Palma, F. et al. Intra-arterial thrombolysis in a young patient with cocaine-associated stroke. Neurol Sci 35, 1465–1466 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-1779-4

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