Explaining the unexpected: Insights from the PLATelet inhibition and clinical Outcomes (PLATO) trial comparing ticagrelor and clopidogrel

 

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Editorial on Serebruany ″Viewpoint: Paradoxical excess mortality in the PLATO trial should be independently verified″ (Thromb Haemost 2011; 105.5)

Editorial Focus on: Serebruany. Thromb Haemost 2011; 105: 752-759.

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