A study on the efficacy of intraventricular urokinase in the treatment of intraventricular haemorrhage

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-239

  Tung, M Y Y ^a,b   Ong, P L ^a   Seow, W T ^a   Tan, K K ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

External ventricular drain; Intraventricular haemorrhage; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0031835360     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699845050     Document Type: Article

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