Categorizing stroke prognosis using different stroke scales

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3396-3399

  Govan, Lindsay ^a   Langhorne, Peter ^a   Weir, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Scales; Stroke assessment; Stroke severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; STROKE;

COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEUROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349655496     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.557645     Document Type: Article

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