Tympanic measurement of body temperature in stroke patients "turned on its ear" [4]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1041-1042

  Rampen, A J J ^a   Van Breda, Eric J ^a   Dippel, D W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STROKE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EAR; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPINE POSITION; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 21344469919     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.058149     Document Type: Letter

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