Lack of international consensus on ethical aspects of acute stroke trials

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-204

  Leira, Enrique C ^a   Kaldjian, Lauris C ^b   Ludwig, Bryan R ^a   Torner, James C ^c   Olalde, Heena M ^a   Hacke, Werner ^d   Adams, Harold P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular diseases; clinical research; clinical trial; ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD; STROKE;

EID: 84858788617     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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