HINTS Outperforms ABCD2 to Screen for Stroke in Acute Continuous Vertigo and Dizziness
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منابع مشابه
Isolated dizziness/vertigo, vascular risk factors and stroke.
Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 20 No 2 June 2011 From the Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine. Accepted June 15, 2011. Correspondence to: Li-Chi Hsu, M.D, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 11217. E-mail: [email protected] I...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1069-6563
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12223