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EDITORIAL

“No Time to Die” – Saving the Neurons

Harsh Sapra

Keywords : Door-to-needle time, Stroke, Thrombolysis

Citation Information : Sapra H. “No Time to Die” – Saving the Neurons. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 26 (5):539-540.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24221

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 20-05-2022

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2022; The Author(s).


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