Interconversion of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and Scandinavian Stroke Scale in Acute Stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 466-468

  Gray, Laura J ^a   Ali, Myzoon ^b   Lyden, Patrick D ^c   Bath, Philip M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; severity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCANDINAVIAN STROKE SCALE; STROKE;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCANDINAVIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350717090     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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