Feasibility and safety of intravenous thrombolysis in multiethnic asian stroke patients in singapore

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 424-430

  Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^b   Tan, June H ^a   Wong, Lily Y H ^a   Ong, Benjamin K C ^a   Chan, Bernard P L ^a   Teoh, Hock L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

acute ischemic stroke; Asian; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955831083     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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