Editorial
Head positioning in intracerebral hemorrhage: Keep heads down and hopes up high?
G. Tsivgoulis,
Corresponding Author
G. Tsivgoulis
Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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A. H. Katsanos
Division of Neurology, McMaster University/Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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G. Tsivgoulis,
Corresponding Author
G. Tsivgoulis
Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Search for more papers by this author A. H. Katsanos,
A. H. Katsanos
Division of Neurology, McMaster University/Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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First published: 01 November 2020
No abstract is available for this article.
DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The authors declare no financial or other conflicts of interest.
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