Unwitnessed stroke: Impact of different onset times on eligibility into stroke trials

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-243

  Maas, Matthew B ^a   Singhal, Aneesh B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrollment; onset; stroke; time; trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNWITNESSED STROKE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84875195673     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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