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. 1995 Feb;73(2):108–109. doi: 10.1136/hrt.73.2.108

Is thrombolytic therapy in acute inferior myocardial infarction really better than conventional treatment?

T J Tobé 1
PMCID: PMC483772  PMID: 7696015

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