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Teamwork, Cooperation, Innovation: Clues in the Canadian Success of Stroke Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Gustavo Saposnik*
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, saposnikg@smh.toronto.on.ca
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Abstract

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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 2009

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