Therapeutic Approaches and Advances in Pediatric Stroke

NeuroRx

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Kirton, Adam ^a   deVeber, Gabrielle ^a  

^a Children's Stroke Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

anticoagulation; Cerebrovascular disease; child; pediatric stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENOXAPARIN; ERGOT DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; STEROID; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHICKENPOX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART DISEASE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; REYE SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 33646131196     PISSN: 15455343     EISSN: 15455351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurx.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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