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A painful lesson: painless aortic dissection misdiagnosed as acute stroke was treated with intravenous thrombolysis

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  1. Department of Neurology, **ngtai Third Hospital, Gangtie Street 108#, **ngtai, 054000, China

    Juntao Yin, Yan Meng & Yuqing Wei

  2. Department of CT/MR, **ngtai Third Hospital, Gangtie Street 108#, **ngtai, 054000, China

    Daihui Zhang

  3. Department of Neurology, **ngtai People’s Hospital, **angdu Road 818#, **ngtai, 054000, China

    Wan Wang

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Yin, J., Meng, Y., Zhang, D. et al. A painful lesson: painless aortic dissection misdiagnosed as acute stroke was treated with intravenous thrombolysis. Acta Neurol Belg 123, 2009–2011 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-022-02075-z

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