Thrombolysis in Right versus Left Hemispheric Stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-272

  Blondin, Nicholas A ^a   Staff, Ilene ^b   Lee, Nora ^b   McCullough, Louise D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

functional laterality; hemisphere; Stroke; tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953634767     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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