Hypothermia for Stroke: Call to action 2010

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 489-492

  Macleod, Malcolm R ^a   Petersson, Jesper ^b   Norrving, Bo ^b   Hacke, Werner ^c   Dirnagl, Ulrich ^d   Wagner, Markus ^e   Schwab, Stefan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Gutersloh   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stroke therapy; Clinical trial; Hypothermia; Intervention; Ischaemic stroke; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN HYPOTHERMIA STROKE RESEARCH WORKSHOP; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; STROKE;

EID: 78149490924     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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