Stroke Unit Treatment Improves Long-term Quality of Life
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Stroke unit treatment improves long-term quality of life: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We have previously shown that treatment of acute stroke patients in the combined acute and rehabilitation stroke unit in our hospital improves survival and functional outcome compared with treatment in general wards. The primary aim of the present trial was to examine whether the treatment in our stroke unit had an effect on different aspects of quality of life (QoL) for ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.29.5.895