Delays in investigation and management of acute arterial ischaemic stroke in children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 537-540

  McGlennan, Catherine ^a   Ganesan, Vijeya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Neurology Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47149090909     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03012.x     Document Type: Article

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