Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 695-700 , June 2000

Early versus delayed inpatient stroke rehabilitation: A matched comparison conducted in Italy

Presented in part at the 2nd World Congress on Neurorehabilitation, April 1999, Toronto, Canada, and at the 8th European Stroke Conference, April 1999, Venice, Italy.

Received 8 September 1999 ,Revised 29 October 1999 ,Accepted 29 October 1999.

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☆ No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

☆☆ Reprint request to Stefano Paolucci, MD, I.R.C.C.S. Santa Lucia, Via Ardeatina 306, 00179, Rome, Italy.

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doi: 10.1016/S0003-9993(00)90095-9

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 695-700 , June 2000

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