Edema Extension Distance: Outcome Measure for Phase II Clinical Trials Targeting Edema After Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

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From the Centre for Vascular and Stroke Research, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (A.R.P.-J., A.V.) and Centre for Biostatistics (A.V.), University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; Greater Manchester Comprehensive Stroke Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom (A.R.P.-J.); Neurological and Mental Health Division, The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia (X.W., S.S., C.S.A.); and Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (W.A.M., D.F.H.).

Published: June 2015

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