title: Response to the Letter to the Editor from Gustavo Cartaxo Patriota, M.D., M.Sc., on "Clinical Grading Scales in Intracerebral Hemorrhage".
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Neurological Institute of New York, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Brian Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Neurological Institute of New York, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Appelboom
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Neurological Institute of New York, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA. cpk2103@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kellner
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Neurological Institute of New York, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
authors.forename: E Sander
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Connolly
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