Improving Outcome After Stroke
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Improving outcome after stroke: overcoming the translational roadblock.
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.111.642363