Should all patients with suspected stroke have brain MRI instead of CT?

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Joanna M Wardlaw. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2007 Jul.

. 2007 Jul;4(7):362-3.

doi: 10.1038/ncpcardio0908. Epub 2007 May 15.

¹ Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. joanna.wardlaw@ed.ac.uk

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Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in emergency assessment of patients with suspected acute stroke: a prospective comparison.
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