Acute+Ischemic+Stroke.pdf
Acute+Ischemic+Stroke.pdf
ACUTE ISCHEMIC
STROKE
ACUTE ISCHEMIC
STROKE
An Evidence-based Approach
EDITED BY
DAVID M. GREER
WILEY-LISS
A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION
Copyright 2007 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Acute ischemic stroke : an evidence-based approach / [edited by] David M. Greer.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-470-06807-6 (cloth)
1. Cerebrovascular disease–Treatment. 2. Cerebral ischemia–Treatment.
3. Evidence-based medicine. I. Greer, David M., 1966-
[DNLM: 1. Cerebrovascular Accident–therapy. 2. Evidence-Based Medicine.
WL 355 A1891 2008]
RC388.5.A283 2008
616.8’1–dc22
2007013702
Printed in the United States of America
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