Factors affecting survival rates for acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusions treated with intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy: A meta- analytical approach

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 539-548

  Levy, Elad I ^a   Firlik, Andrew D ^a   Wisniewski, Stephen ^a   Rubin, Giorgio ^a   Jungreis, Charles A ^a   Wechsler, Lawrence R ^a   Yonas, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Stroke; Thrombolysis; Urokinase; Vertebrobasilar artery

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032858177     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199909000-00025     Document Type: Article

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