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Editorial
. 2008 Feb 16;336(7640):337-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39456.470880.80. Epub 2008 Jan 29.

Functional status and long term outcome of stroke

Helen Rodgers, Richard Thomson
Editorial

Functional status and long term outcome of stroke

Helen Rodgers et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Despite undoubted progress, we still have much to do

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Competing interests: None declared.

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