Methodological quality of experimental stroke studies published in the stroke journal: Time trends and effect of the basic science checklist

Stroke

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 267-272

  Minnerup, Jens ^a   Zentsch, Verena ^a   Schmidt, Antje ^a   Fisher, Marc ^b   Schäbitz, Wolf Rüdiger ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

animals; cerebral infarction; checklist; models, animal; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHECKLIST; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STROKE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT MODEL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STUDY DESIGN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREND STUDY; ANIMAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CHECKLIST; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84952629090     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011695     Document Type: Article

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