Does stroke severity predict presence of arterial occlusion?: Time will tell

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-15

  Uchino, Ken ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 78751614695     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318206ca76     Document Type: Editorial

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