Who should treat stroke?

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-10

  Sacks, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACCREDITATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGICAL NEURORADIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; STROKE;

EID: 84455161964     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010184     Document Type: Review

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