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Akutmanagement und Sekundärprävention des Schlaganfalls, Teil II

Policy document of the Austrian Society of Stroke Research

Acute management and secondary prevention of stroke, Part II

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Willeit, J., Kiechl, S., Aichner, F. et al. Positionspapier der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Schlaganfallforschung. Gefässchirurgie 13, 115–125 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-007-0568-2

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