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Is there a link between aspirin therapy and stroke severity?

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boxed-textRicci S et al. (2006) Previous use of aspirin and baseline stroke severity: an analysis of 17,850 patients in the International Stroke Trial. Stroke 37: 1737–1740

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The synopsis was written by Martina Habeck, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Stroke Trials Unit, Division of Stroke Medicine, University of Nottingham, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK philip.bath@nottingham.ac.uk

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  1. PM Bath is Stroke Association Professor of Stroke Medicine and Head of the Division of Stroke Medicine at the University of Nottingham, and a consultant in stroke medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.,

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Philip Bath was a local investigator in the International Stroke Trial.

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