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Chalmers TC, Matta RJ, Smith H, Kunzler A-M (1977)

Evidence favoring the use of anticoagulants in the hospital phase of acute myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine 297:1091-96.
In 1977, the New England Journal of Medicine published a meta-analysis of controlled trials of anti-coagulation for myocardial infarction, by Thomas Chalmers and his colleagues.

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Thomas. C. Chalmers (1917-1995)

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