Systemic thrombolysis with rt-PA in patients under 40 years of age: A subgroup analysis of the Cologne stroke experience

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-518

  Galldiks, N ^a   Zaro Weber, O ^a   Dohmen, C ^a   Neveling, M ^a   Haupt, W F ^a   Fink, G R ^a   Sobesky, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Intravenous systemic thrombolysis; Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; Young stroke patients below 40 years of age

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956855145     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319776     Document Type: Article

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