Evaluation of aphasia

References

Key articles

Brady MC, Kelly H, Godwin J, et al. Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016;(6):CD000425.Full text  Abstract

Powers WJ, Rabinstein AA, Ackerson T, et al. Guidelines for the early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke: 2019 update to the 2018 guidelines for the early management of acute ischemic stroke: a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2019 Dec;50(12):e344-418.Full text  Abstract

Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. National clinical guideline for stroke for the United Kingdom and Ireland. 2023 [internet publication].Full text

Greenberg SM, Ziai WC, Cordonnier C, et al. 2022 Guideline for the management of patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2022 Jul;53(7):e282-361.Full text  Abstract

Expert Panel on Neurological Imaging, Ledbetter LN, Burns J, et al. ACR appropriateness criteria® cerebrovascular diseases-aneurysm, vascular malformation, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 Nov;18(11s):S283-304.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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