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. 2020 Dec;267(12):3457-3458.
doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-10030-2. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

What has caused the fall in stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Richard Perry  1   2 , Azra Banaras  3   4 , David J Werring  3   4 , Robert Simister  3   4
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What has caused the fall in stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Richard Perry et al. J Neurol. 2020 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

RP and AB have no interests to declare. RS shares the role of Clinical Director for Stroke in London. DJW has received personal fees from Bayer, Alnylam and Portola, not related to the work presented here.

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Distribution of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) for patients presenting in the 40 days from 1st February 2020 (blue triangles, total 175 patients) and for those presenting during the 40 days from 1st April (red circles, total 84 patients). The NIHSS is a score between 0 and 42 representing the degree of neurological impairment, higher scores representing more severe strokes. Bin width = 2
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