Telephone assessment of stroke outcome is reliable [7]

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 232-233

  Merino, José G ^a   Lattimore, Susan U ^a   Warach, Steven ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LETTER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 12844284509     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000153055.43138.2f     Document Type: Letter

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