Availability of CT and MR for assessing patients with acute stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-377

  Kane, I ^a   Whiteley, W N ^b   Sandercock, P A G ^b   Wardlaw, J M ^b  

^a ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42349115137     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000120688     Document Type: Article

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