Heads down: flat positioning improves blood flow velocity in acute ischemic stroke.

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Published in Neurology on April 26, 2005

Authors

Anne W Wojner-Alexander1, Zsolt Garami, Oleg Y Chernyshev, Andrei V Alexandrov

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Anne.W.Wojner@uth.tmc.edu

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