SOURCE: MedPage Today
DATE: February 19, 2009
EXCERPT: "Women are consistently less likely to receive thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke .... Rates of treatment with tPA were 30% lower overall for women compared with men." more
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Reeves M, Bhatt A, Jajou P, Brown M, Lisabeth L. Sex Differences in the Use of Intravenous rt-PA Thrombolysis Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke. A Meta-Analysis. Stroke. 2009 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print].
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