Stroke units: research and reality. Results from the National Sentinel Audit of Stroke.

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Published in Qual Saf Health Care on February 01, 2005

Authors

A G Rudd1, A Hoffman, P Irwin, M Pearson, D Lowe, Intercollegiate Working Party for Stroke

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit, Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, London NW1 4LE, UK. anthony.rudd@kcl.ac.uk

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