Management of stroke

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 928, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Govern, Rory Mc ^a,b   Rudd, A ^c  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BACLOFEN; FLUOXETINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TINZANADINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0037294078     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.928.87     Document Type: Review

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