Validity and reliability of a Korean version of the national institutes of health stroke scale

Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korea)

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-183

  Oh, Mi Sun ^a   Yu, Kyung Ho ^a   Lee, Ju Hun ^a   Jung, San ^a   Ko, Im Suck ^b   Shin, Joon Hyun ^a   Cho, Soo Jin ^a   Choi, Hui Chul ^a   Kim, Hyang Hee ^c   Lee, Byung Chul ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

NIH stroke scale; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867147904     PISSN: 17386586     EISSN: 20055013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2012.8.3.177     Document Type: Article

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