Stroke in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in early pregnancy treated with intra-arterial rt-PA

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1270-1272

  Elford, K ^a   Leader, A ^a   Wee, R ^a   Stys, P K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0037159204     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000032492.77156.35     Document Type: Article

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