Acute stroke therapy trials: an introduction to recurring design issues.
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- abstracts
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 18 (2) , 524-527
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.18.2.524
Abstract
We discuss selected issues concerning the design of stroke treatment trials. Key issues include the type of stroke studied, the time interval from stroke onset to patient entry, and whether to include cardioembolic strokes and allow concomitant therapy.Keywords
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