Variations in acute stroke care and the impact of organised care on survival from a European perspective: The European Registers of Stroke (EROS) investigators

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 604-612

  Ayis, Salma Ahmed ^a,b   Coker, Bolaji ^a,b   Bhalla, Ajay ^a   Wellwood, Ian ^a,b   Rudd, Anthony G ^a,b   Di Carlo, Antonio ^c,d   Bejot, Yannick ^e   Ryglewicz, Danuta ^f   Rastenyte, Daiva ^g   Langhorne, Peter ^h   Dennis, Martin S ⁱ   McKevitt, Christopher ^a,b   Wolfe, Charles D A ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^g LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ITALY; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STROKE UNIT; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84877610977     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303525     Document Type: Article

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