Misdiagnoses in 1,250 consecutive patients admitted to an acute stroke unit

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 284-288

  Leys, D ^a   Lucas, Ch ^a   Devos, D ^a   Mounier Vehier, F ^a   Godefroy, O ^a   Pruvo, J P ^a   Lesiavel, Ph ^a   Bonfils, C ^a   Caparros Lefebvre, D ^a   Daems Montpeurt, C ^a   Defebvre, L ^a   Deklunder, G ^a   Delalande, I ^a   Durieu, I ^a   Gautier, C ^a   Goldstein, P ^a   Goullard, L ^a   Guerouaou, D ^a   Hamon, M ^a   Leclerc, X ^a   Leduc, V ^a   Pasquier, F ^a   Pertuzon, B ^a   Rogelet, P ^a   Savoye, Ch ^a   Soto Ares, G ^a   Vermersch, P ^a   more..

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral infarct; Cerebral ischemia; Misdiagnosis; Stroke; Stroke unit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTIGO;

EID: 9844226195     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108210     Document Type: Article

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