Can a clinical score aid in early diagnosis arid treatment of various stroke syndromes?

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 315, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 194-198

  Akpunonu, Basil E ^a   Mutgi, Anand B ^a   Lee, Lisa ^b   Khuder, Sadik ^a   Federman, Douglas J ^a   Roberts, Caroline ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic stroke; Nonhemorrhagic stroke; Stroke scores

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 0031893729     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199803000-00009     Document Type: Article

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