Reassessment of the HAMLET study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 602-603

  Mitchell, Patrick ^a   Gregson, Barbara A ^a   Crossman, John ^a   Gerber, Chris ^a   Jenkins, Alastair ^a   Nicholson, Claire ^a   Todd, Nick V ^a   Ross, Nick ^a   Bhattathiri, Parameswaran ^a   Nissen, Justin ^a   Crawford, Peter J ^a   Wynne Jones, Guy ^a   Sengupta, Robin P ^a   Graham, Laura ^a   Gani, Akif ^a   Davis, Michelle ^a   Gray, Chris ^a   Barer, David ^a   Dorman, Paul ^a   Millar, David ^a   Williamson, Julia ^a   Durham, Holly ^a   Jones, Alison ^a   Hastie, Helen ^a   Mendelow, A David ^a   more..

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FATALITY; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE;

BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRANIOTOMY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649580773     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70157-7     Document Type: Letter

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