A telestroke network enhances recruitment into acute stroke clinical trials

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 566-569

  Switzer, Jeffrey A ^a   Hall, Christiana E ^b   Close, Brian ^a   Nichols, Fenwick T ^a   Gross, Hartmut ^a   Bruno, Askiel ^a   Hess, David C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Stroke; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77649157241     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.566844     Document Type: Article

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