Low-frequency ultrasound penetrates the cranium and enhances thrombolysis in vitro

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 828-832

  Akiyama, Masahiko ^a   Ishibashi, Toshihiro ^a   Yamada, Tetsu ^b   Furuhata, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kanachi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intracerebral hematoma; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Thrombolysis; Ultrasound; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMATOMA; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL BONE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0031722213     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199810000-00062     Document Type: Article

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