Intravenous thrombolysis for acute stroke in patients with cancer

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1404-1405

  Casado Naranjo, Ignacio ^a,b   Calle, Maria Luisa ^a   Falcón, Alfonso ^a   Serrano, Ana ^a   Portilla, Juan Carlos ^a   Ramírez Moreno, José María ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO DE ALCÁNTARA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHASIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 80855143823     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.207472     Document Type: Letter

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