Focused stroke rehabilitation programs do not improve outcome

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 701-703

  Dobkin, Bruce H ^a  

^a Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0024361085     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1989.00520420123035     Document Type: Article

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