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Stroke Research and Treatment
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 362961, 7 pages
Reducing Haemorrhagic Transformation after Thrombolysis for Stroke: A Strategy Utilising Minocycline
1Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia and School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
2Department of General Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA 6000, Australia
3Department of Neurology, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia
4Stroke Unit, Swan District Hospital, Middle Swan WA 6056, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
5Department of Neurological Intervention and Imaging Service of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
6Stroke Unit, Swan District Hospital, Middle Swan, WA 6056, Australia
7Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth WA 6000, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
8Data Analysis Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
Received 26 January 2013; Accepted 10 March 2013
Academic Editor: Majaz Moonis
Copyright © 2013 David J. Blacker et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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