Discarding heparins as treatment for progressive stroke in sweden 2001 to 2008

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2552-2558

  Eriksson, Marie ^a   Stecksén, Anna ^a   Glader, Eva Lotta ^a   Norrving, Bo ^d   Appelros, Peter ^b   Åsberg, Kerstin Hulter ^c   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^e   Terént, Andreas ^f   Asplund, Kjell ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acute ischemic stroke; heparin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; SWEDEN; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149360855     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.597724     Document Type: Article

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