Rapid Assessment and Treatment of Transient Ischemic Attacks and Minor Stroke in Canadian Emergency Departments: Time for a Paradigm Shift.
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Noreen Kamal, PhD, PEng; Michael D. Hill, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Dylan P.V. Blacquiere, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Jean-Martin Boulanger, MD, FRCPC; Karl Boyle, MB, BCh, BAO, MRCPE, MSc (Stroke Med); Brian Buck, MD, FRCPC; Kenneth Butcher, MD, FRCPC; Marie-Christine Camden, MD, FRCPC; Leanne K. Casaubon, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Robert Côté, MD, FRCPC; Andrew M. Demchuk, MD, FRCPC; Dar Dowlatshahi, MD, PhD, FRCPC; Veronique Dubuc, MD, FRCPC; Thalia S. Field, MD, MHSC, FRCPC; Esseddeeg Ghrooda, MBBCh, FRCPC; Laura Gioia, MD, FRCPC; David J. Gladstone, MD, PhD, FRCPC; Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC; Gordon J. Gubitz, MD, FRCPC; Devin Harris, MD, MHSc, FCFP; Robert G. Hart, MD; Gary Hunter, MD, FRCPC; Thomas Jeerakathil, MD, FRCPC; Albert Jin, PhD, MD, FRCPC; Khurshid Khan, MD, FRCPC; Eddy Lang, MD; Sylvain Lanthier, MD, OD, CSPQ; M. Patrice Lindsay, PhD, RN; Ariane Mackey, MD, FRCPC; Jennifer Mandzia, MD, PhD, FRCPC; Manu Mehdiratta, MD, FRCPC; Jeffrey Minuk, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Wieslaw Oczkowski, MD, FRCPC; Céline Odier, MD, FRCPC; Andrew Penn, MD, FRCPC; Jeffery Perry, MD, MSc, CCFP-EM; Jacqueline A. Pettersen, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Stephen J. Phillips, MBBS, FRCPC; Alexandre Y. Poppe, MD, CM, FRCPC; Gustavo Saposnik, MD, MSC, FRCPC; Daniel Selchen, MD, FRCPC; Michel Shamy, MD, MA, FRCPC; Mike Sharma, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Ashkan Shoamanesh, MD, FRCPC; Ashfaq Shuaib, MD, FRCPC; Frank Silver, MD, FRCPC; Grant Stotts, MD, FRCPC; Rick Swartz, MD, HBSc, PhD, FRCPC; Arturo Tamayo, MD, FRCPC; Jeanne Teitelbaum, MD, FRCPC; Steve Verreault, MD, FRCPC; Theodore Wein, MD; Samuel Yip, MD; Shelagh B. Coutts, MD, MSc, FRCPC
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Stroke
دوره 46 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015