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Is telemedicine the answer for delivering stroke care to rural areas?

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boxed-textAudebert HJ et al. (2006) Effects of the implementation of a telemedical stroke network: the Telemedic Pilot Project for Integrative Stroke Care (TEMPiS) in Bavaria, Germany. Lancet Neurol 5: 742–748

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