Validation of the FOUR Score (Spanish Version) in acute stroke: An interobserver variability study

European Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 364-369

  Idrovo, Luis ^a   Fuentes, Blanca ^a   Medina, Josmarlin ^a   Gabaldón, Laura ^a   Ruiz Ares, Gerardo ^a   Abenza, María José ^a   Aguilar Amat, María José ^a   Martínez Sánchez, Patricia ^a   Rodríguez, Luis ^a   Cazorla, Rubén ^a   Martínez, Marta ^a   Tafur, Alfonso ^b   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^b   Diez Tejedor, Exuperio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score; Glasgow Coma Scale; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMA; FEMALE; FOUR SCORE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; EYE MOVEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 77953327626     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000292498     Document Type: Article

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