Assessment and treatment of stroke in children

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 399-409

  Jordan, Lori C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRANIECTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN BRUISING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 58849118540     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-008-0042-9     Document Type: Review

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