Prognostic value of the hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign and stroke scale score before ultraearly thrombolytic therapy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Tomsick, Thomas ^a,c   Brott, Thomas ^a   Barsan, William ^a   Broderick, Joseph ^a   Clarke Haley, E ^b   Spilker, Judith ^a   Khoury, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, cerebral, middle; Brain, infarction; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030042325     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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