Limitations of clinical diagnosis in acute stroke.

Allder, S J; Moody, A R; Martel, A L; Morgan, P S; Delay, G S; Gladman, J R; Fentem, P; Lennox, G G · Lancet · 1999

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

Trials in acute stroke have recruited on the basis of clinical diagnosis. Using MRI we have shown that clinical diagnosis is more limited than previously appreciated, thus trials may have been underpowered or confounded.

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