Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 180-184 , July 2007

Early Recovery and Functional Outcome are Related with Causal Stroke Subtype: Data from the Tinzaparin in Acute Ischemic Stroke Trial

  • Nikola Sprigg, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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  • Laura J. Gray, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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  • Philip M.W. Bath, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Philip M. W. Bath, MD, Division of Stroke Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Clinical Sciences Bldg, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham NG5 1PB United Kingdom.
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  • Ewa Lindenstrøm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Leo Pharma A/S, Ballerup, Denmark
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  • Gudrun Boysen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Peter Paul De Deyn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, A. Z. Middelheim, ZNA, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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  • Pal Friis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vest-Agder Sentralsykehus, Kristiansand, Norway
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  • Didier Leys, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinique Neurologique, CHRU de Lille, France
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  • Reijo Marttila, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland
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  • Jan-Edwin Olsson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institutionen för Neurologi, Universitetssjukhuset, Linköping, Sweden
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  • Desmond O’Neill, FRCPI

      Affiliations

    • Department of Age Related Health Care, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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  • Erich Bernd Ringelstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Neurologie, Universität Münster, Germany
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  • Jan-Jacob van der Sande, MD

      Affiliations

    • Slotervaartziekenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Alexander G.G. Turpie, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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  • TAIST Investigators

Received 29 November 2006 ,Revised 20 February 2007 ,Accepted 24 February 2007.

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 Supported in part by The Stroke Association (United Kingdom) and BUPA Foundation (United Kingdom) (L.J.G. and N.S.). Dr Bath is Stroke Association Professor of Stroke Medicine.

PII: S1052-3057(07)00040-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.02.003

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 180-184 , July 2007

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