Stroke is more than a hemiparesis: the pre‐hospital detection of stroke

• 1 European Stroke Organisation, Basel, Switzerland
• 2 Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
• 3 Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Bodo, Norway

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