Characteristics and outcome of patients with early complete neurological recovery after thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-190

  Blinzler, C ^a   Breuer, L ^a   Huttner, H B ^a   Schellinger, P D ^a   Schwab, S ^a   Kohrmann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Complete recovery; Thrombolysis; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650066784     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321869     Document Type: Article

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