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Original Article

Prehospital delay and emergency department management of ischemic stroke patients in taiwan, r.o.c.

Chaou-Shune Lin Department of Emergency Medicine, Provincial Hsinchu Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.Correspondence<[email protected]>
,
Jeffrey Tsai Department of Emergency Medicine, Cheng-Ching General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
,
Peter Woo Department of Emergency Medicine, Cardinal Tien Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Hang Chang Department of Emergency Medicine, Shin Kong Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Pages 194-200 | Received 03 Feb 1999, Accepted 05 Feb 1999, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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