Sonothrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke for patients ineligible for rt-PA

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1052-1054

  Eggers, Jürgen ^a   Seidel, Günter ^a   Koch, Björn ^a   König, Inke R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 15244339173     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000154599.45969.D6     Document Type: Article

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