Zero on the NIHSS does not equal the absence of stroke

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-45

  Martin Schild, Sheryl ^a   Albright, Karen C ^b   Tanksley, Jessica ^c   Pandav, Vijay ^c   Jones, Elizabeth B ^c   Grotta, James C ^c   Savitz, Sean I ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTIGO;

ATAXIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; VERTIGO;

EID: 78650514694     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.564     Document Type: Article

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