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Hypoxaemia and stroke

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

C Roffe  and
D Corfield
C Roffe*
Affiliation:
The Stroke Research Group, Research Institute for Life Course Studies, Keele University
D Corfield
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University
*
Address for correspondence: C Roffe, The Stroke Research Office, Royal Infirmary, Prince's Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7LN. Email: [email protected]
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The topic of hypoxaemia after stroke was last reviewed in this journal in 2001. Since then a lot of new information on the subject has been published, and while some questions have been resolved, new problems have emerged. This article discusses new research in the light of what is already known and outlines areas of persisting uncertainty.

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Clinical gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , November 2008 , pp. 299 - 311
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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