Intra-arterial rtPA treatment of stroke assessed by diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 678-680

  Lansberg, Maarten G ^a   Tong, David C ^a,b   Norbash, Alexander M ^a   Yenari, Midori A ^a   Moseley, Michael E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Stanford California and Cofounder   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Diagnostic imaging; Plasminogen activator, tissue type; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0033045391     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.3.678     Document Type: Article

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