Classification of Ischemic Stroke

Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 61-74

  Sacco, Ralph L ^a,b   Toni, Danilo ^c   Brainin, Michael ^d   Mohr, J P ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Gertrude Sergievsky Campus Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-306600-0/50008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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