Prospective study of referral delay in a cohort of 519 acute stroke patients;ETUDE PROSPECTIVE DES DELAIS D'HOSPITALISATION POUR ACCIDENT VASCULAIRE CEREBRAL. 519 PATIENTS

Presse Medicale

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 293-298

  Ducrocq, X ^a,b   Wagner, M ^a   Lacour, J C ^a   Bodenreider, O ^a   Debouverie, M ^a   Bollaert, P E ^a   Bracard, S ^b   Lambert, H ^a   Weber, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b Hopital Saint Julien Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

EID: 0032554344     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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