Stroke rehabilitation pathways and procedures in Italy

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-256

  Franceschini, M ^a,b   Aliboni, S ^b   Rizzi, B ^b   Agosti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Length of stay; Onset admission interval; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28544433567     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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