Intraventricular recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for treatment of spontaneous intraventricular haemorrhage in pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-159

  Goh, K Y C ^a   Hsiang, J N K ^a   Zhu, X L ^a   Poon, W S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intraventricular haemorrhage thrombolysis; Pregnancy; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644279305     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90084-X     Document Type: Article

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