Gender differences in acute ischemic stroke etiology, stroke patterns and response to thrombolysis

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2428-2432

  Förster, Alex ^a   Gass, Achim ^a   Kern, Rolf ^a   Wolf, Marc E ^a   Ottomeyer, Caroline ^a   Zohsel, Katrin ^a   Hennerici, Michael ^a   Szabo, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female; Gender; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 67650072793     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.548750     Document Type: Article

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