Stroke after tadalafil use
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Emanuele Cannizzaro & Carla Cannizzaro
U.O. Neurologia e Stroke Unit, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Civico-ARNAS, P.za N. Leotta 4, 90127, Palermo, Italy
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Cannizzaro, E., Cannizzaro, C., Lopez, G. et al. Stroke after tadalafil use. Neurol Sci 34, 1843–1844 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-013-1324-x
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Published : 06 February 2013
Issue Date : October 2013
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Keywords
- Stroke
- Tadalafil
- Phosphodiesterase inhibitors
- Cerebral infarction
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