Stroke and Thrombolysis in Developing Countries
- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Stroke
- Vol. 2 (1), 17-26
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4949.2007.00089.x
Abstract
Background Over the past few decades, the burden of stroke in developing countries has grown to epidemic proportions. Two-thirds of global stroke occur...Keywords
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