Intra-arterial or intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke? The SYNTHESIS pilot trial

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-79

  Ciccone, A ^a,m   Valvassori, L ^a   Ponzio, M ^b   Ballabio, E ^c   Gasparotti, R ^d,l   Sessa, M ^e   Scomazzoni, F ^e   Tiraboschi, P ^a   Sterzi, R ^a   Candelise, L ^c   Del Zoppo, G ^f   Sandercock, P ^g   Cantisani, T ^h   Coppola, C ⁱ   Gatti, A ^a   Guccione, A ^a   Santilli, I ^a   Jann, S ^a   Protti, A ^a   Rizzone, M ^a   Boccardi, E ^a   Guidotti, M ^j   Checcarelli, N ^j   Muscia, F ^j   Martegani, A ^k   Magoni, M ^l   Costa, A ^l   Pavia, M ^l   more..

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j Stroke Unit   (United States)

^k VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^m 'Valduce' Hospital ^*

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SYMPTOMATIC INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551620454     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnis.2009.001388     Document Type: Article

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