Telemedicine and stroke: Stroke Emergency Mobile Unit-A new approach to stroke care

Neurology India

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages S110-S112

  Renjen, Pushpendra Nath ^a   Chaudhari, DInesh ^a  

^a INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84962589422     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.178050     Document Type: Letter

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