Thrombolysis in childhood stroke report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 801-807

  Arnold, Marcel ^a   Steinlin, Maja ^a   Baumann, Andreas ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   Remonda, Luca ^a   Moser, Sonya Jourdan ^a   Mono, Marie Luise ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Baumgartner, Ralf W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Stroke in children; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PHENYTOIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SEIZURE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; APHASIA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; FATALITY; HEMIPLEGIA; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; APHASIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 62449267407     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.529560     Document Type: Article

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