Door-to-needle times in acute ischemic stroke: How low can we go?

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-297

  Smith, Eric E ^a   Von Kummer, Rudiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866075957     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825d602e     Document Type: Editorial

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