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To the Editor: The article by Dr. Suarez and colleagues (Jan. 26 issue)¹ includes the statement that "a good-quality head CT [computed tomographic] scan will reveal subarachnoid hemorrhage in 100 percent of cases within 12 hours after the onset of symptoms and in more than 93 percent of cases within 24 hours." One of us was a coauthor of the study cited in support of this statement,² and we believe its findings were misrepresented. Although their study certainly supports this observation, its authors did not analyze or report sensitivity within 12 hours. We are not aware of data supporting a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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