Timing of hospital presentation after acute cerebral infarction and patients' acceptance of intravenous thrombolysis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 244-246

  De Silva, Deidre Anne ^a   Ong, Sea Hing ^b   Elumbra, Danny ^a   Wong, Meng Cheong ^a   Chen, Christopher L H ^a   Chang, Hui Meng ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Delayed; Singapore; Stroke

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGAPORE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548161127     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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