Recommendations for comprehensive stroke centers: a consensus statement from the Brain Attack Coalition.

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Published in Stroke on June 16, 2005

Authors

Mark J Alberts1, Richard E Latchaw, Warren R Selman, Timothy Shephard, Mark N Hadley, Lawrence M Brass, Walter Koroshetz, John R Marler, John Booss, Richard D Zorowitz, Janet B Croft, Ellen Magnis, Diane Mulligan, Andrew Jagoda, Robert O'Connor, C Michael Cawley, J J Connors, Jean A Rose-DeRenzy, Marian Emr, Margo Warren, Michael D Walker, Brain Attack Coalition

Author Affiliations

1: Northwestern University Medical School, 710 N Lake Shore Dr, Room 1420, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. m-alberts@northwestern.edu

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