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Good news for rural stroke patients -- telephone treatment works

Stroke patients in rural hospitals can get safe, effective treatment with the use of a clot-busting drug when a doctor from a larger hospital is on the telephone guiding the treatment. These new findings have important implications for overcoming barriers to optimal stroke care in rural settings, according to research to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 59th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 28-May 5, 2007.

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