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Comment on: “Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Tenecteplase Bolus in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of Two Open-Label, Multicenter Trials”

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    Prashant B. Rana, Nilan T. Jacob, Tomson Toms & Shraddha Bhure

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Prashant Rana, Nilan Jacob, Tomson Toms, and Shraddha Bhure are employees of Boehringer Ingelheim India Pvt. Ltd., and have no additional conflicts of interest that might be relevant to the content of this letter.

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Rana, P.B., Jacob, N.T., Toms, T. et al. Comment on: “Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Tenecteplase Bolus in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of Two Open-Label, Multicenter Trials”. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 19, 219–221 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-019-00333-9

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