Should thrombolysis be given to a stroke patient refusing therapy due to profound anosognosia?

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2440-

  Katz, Jeffrey M ^a   Segal, Alan Z ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLURRED SPEECH; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 11144291463     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000149192.60937.B3     Document Type: Article

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