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Comment
. 2021 Dec;28(12):3881-3882.
doi: 10.1111/ene.15135. Epub 2021 Oct 17.

Stroke mortality during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Is it getting any better?

Aristeidis H Katsanos  1 , Georgios Tsivgoulis  2   3
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Comment

Stroke mortality during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Is it getting any better?

Aristeidis H Katsanos et al. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV2; coronavirus; mortality; outcomes; stroke.

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  • Fewer COVID-19-associated strokes and reduced severity during the second COVID-19 wave: The Madrid Stroke Network.
    Fuentes B, Alonso de Leciñana M, Rigual R, García-Madrona S, Díaz-Otero F, Aguirre C, Calleja P, Egido-Herrero JA, Carneado-Ruiz J, Ruiz-Ares G, Rodríguez-Pardo J, Rodríguez-López Á, Ximénez-Carrillo Á, de Felipe A, Ostos F, González-Ortega G, Simal P, Gómez Escalonilla CI, Gómez-Porro-Sánchez P, Cabal-Paz B, Reig G, Gil-Núñez A, Masjuán J, Díez Tejedor E. Fuentes B, et al. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Dec;28(12):4078-4089. doi: 10.1111/ene.15112. Epub 2021 Sep 27. Eur J Neurol. 2021. PMID: 34528353 Free PMC article.

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