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Dear editor: In Mexico, stroke is responsible of 620.24 disability-adjusted life years per 100 000. Despite its public health relevance, stroke is unknown by most of the population. Correct symptoms attribution has been suggested to influence timely hospital arrival. We evaluated symptom attribution in ischemic stroke patients and its influence in a timely arrival to receive thrombolytic therapy. We included patients with ischemic stroke who were admitted to the University Hospital Dr. José E. González from January 2018 to April 2019. Data was obtained from an ongoing stoke registry (i-ReNe). Attribution of symptoms was asked as an open-ended question. Stroke severity was measured by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). The study was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee (NR18-0002) from our Institution and participants gave verbal informed consent to participate.