Intravenous thrombolysis followed by intra-arterial thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of pediatric ischemic stroke

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 151-153

  Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^a,b   Horton, Joseph A ^c   Ness, Jayne M ^c   Patterson, Damon ^a   Brethour, Mary ^d   Abanses, Juan Carlos ^d   Alexandrov, Andrei V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

MERCI; Pediatric stroke; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis; tPA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 55649124546     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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