Treatment of subdural and intracerebral haematomas in a haemodialysis patient with tranexamic acid.

Nephrol Dial Transplant

Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Slovenj Gradec General Hospital and University Medical Centre, Trnovo Hospital of Internal Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Published: January 2000

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