Utilization and outcome of thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke in Pakistan

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-225

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Barohi, Hazim ^a   Malik, Abdul ^b   Yousuf, Adnan ^a   Awan, Safia ^a   Kamal, Ayeesha K ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; CT scan; R tpa; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; GLUCOSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953536295     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0159-y     Document Type: Article

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