Delayed diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke in children - A registry-based study in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue OCTOBER, 2011, Pages

  Martin, Charlotte ^a   Von Elm, Erik ^b,c   El Koussy, Marwan ^d   Boltshauser, Eugen ^e   Steinlin, Maja ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Children; Diagnosis; Population based registry; Time lag

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ACUTE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80655147907     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13281     Document Type: Article

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