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Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage in patients using warfarin or clopidogrel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Ahmed Alsakha  and
Alex Guttman
Ahmed Alsakha*
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Jewish General Hospital
Alex Guttman
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC
*
Royal Victoria Hospital, Room A4.62, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H3H 1A1; [email protected], [email protected]

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Keywords

bleedingclopidogrelintracranial hemorrhagewarfarin
Type
Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , July 2014 , pp. 327 - 329
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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