Time to brain imaging in acute stroke is improving secondary analysis of the INSTINCT trial

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 287-289

  Sauser, Kori ^a,b,c   Burke, James F ^a,c,d   Levine, Deborah A ^c,d   Scott, Phillip A ^b   Meurer, William J ^b,d  

^a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroimaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893684316     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/Strokeaha.113.003678     Document Type: Article

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