The Cochrane collaboration in neurology: Acquisitions, research, and new initiatives

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-159

  Tonini, Clara ^b,c   Beghi, Ettore ^a,c,d   Telaro, Elena ^c   Candelise, Livia ^c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Cochrane Library; Cochrane Neurological Network; Cochrane Neurological Review Group; Cochrane Systematic Review; Collaborative Review Group; Randomized controlled trial(s)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GANGLIOSIDE; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; HYPERTENSION; LIBRARY; ORGANIZATION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEUROLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 0035021396     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054777     Document Type: Article

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