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Anticoagulants for intracranial artery dissection without subarachnoid hemorrhage—safe but not sound?

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boxed-textMetso TM et al. (2007) Prognosis and safety of anticoagulation in intracranial artery dissections in adults. Stroke 38: 1837–1842

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Dafer, R., Biller, J. Anticoagulants for intracranial artery dissection without subarachnoid hemorrhage—safe but not sound?. Nat Rev Neurol 4, 20–21 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0684

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