Multimodal computed tomography evaluation before thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-239

  Leung, Thomas W ^a   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Yu, Simon C H ^a   Leung, Cecilia S F ^a   Soo, Yannie O Y ^a   Wong, Lawrence K S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Thrombolytic therapy; Tissue plasminogen activator; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48749114894     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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