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Telestroke: The Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke from a Distance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Frank L. Silver
Frank L. Silver*
Affiliation:
University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 717 - 718
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