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The Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room (ROSIER) scale: a useful diagnostic tool?

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boxed-textNor AM et al. (2005) The Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room (ROSIER) scale: development and validation of a stroke recognition instrument. Lancet Neurol 4: 727–734

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