Acute Treatment of Major Stroke: General Principles

Gary K. K. Lau; Sarah T. Pendlebury; Peter M. Rothwell

doi:10.1017/9781316161609.021

Chapter 20 - Acute Treatment of Major Stroke: General Principles

from Section 4 - Treatment of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2018

Gary K. K. Lau ,

Sarah T. Pendlebury and

Peter M. Rothwell

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Gary K. K. Lau: Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Sarah T. Pendlebury: Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Peter M. Rothwell: Affiliation:
University of Oxford

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Information: Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
Diagnosis, Investigation and Treatment
, pp. 296 - 306

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316161609.021 [Opens in a new window]

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