Under-representation of women in stroke randomized controlled trials: inadvertent selection bias leading to suboptimal conclusions

Affiliations

¹ Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 'Attikon University Hospital', Iras 39, Gerakas Attikis, Athens, 15344, Greece.
² Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 'Attikon University Hospital', Athens, Greece Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
³ Stroke Unit, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

Georgios Tsivgoulis et al. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;10(5):241-244.

doi: 10.1177/1756285617699588. Epub 2017 Mar 16.

¹ Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 'Attikon University Hospital', Iras 39, Gerakas Attikis, Athens, 15344, Greece.
² Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 'Attikon University Hospital', Athens, Greece Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
³ Stroke Unit, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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