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How can we distinguish postictal Todd’s Paralysis from acute ischemic stroke in the prehospital and early hospital setting? Cover

How can we distinguish postictal Todd’s Paralysis from acute ischemic stroke in the prehospital and early hospital setting?

By: Natasza Blek  
Open Access
|Aug 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joepi-2022-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2299-9728 | Journal ISSN: 2300-0147
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 11, 2022
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Accepted on: Aug 16, 2022
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