Thrombolytics for cerebral sinus thrombosis: A systematic review

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Canhão, Patricia ^a   Falcão, Filipa ^a   Ferro, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dural sinus; Fibrinolysis; Systematic review; Thrombolysis; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; INGUINAL REGION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037229144     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068833     Document Type: Review

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