The fate of high-density lesions on the non-contrast CT obtained immediately after intra-arterial thrombolysis in ischemic stroke patients

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 221-228

  Jang, Yu Mi ^a   Lee, Deok Hee ^a   Kim, Ho Sung ^a   Ryu, Chang Woo ^a   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^a   Choi, Choong Gon ^a   Kim, Sang Joon ^a   Suh, Dae Chul ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain, CT; Brain, hemorrhage; Cerebral blood vessels, brain infarction; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845406992     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: 12296929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2006.7.4.221     Document Type: Article

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