Acute ischemic stroke in pediatric patients.

Stroke

From the Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (S.O.M., S.T., B.K., S.S.); and Departments of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland (D.S.).

Published: February 2015

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