Is asymptomatic hemorrhagic transformation really innocuous?

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 421-426

  Park, J H ^a   Ko, Y ^b   Kim, W J ^c   Jang, M S ^d   Yang, M H ^d   Han, M K ^d   Oh, C W ^d   Park, S H ^d   Lee, Jisung ^e   Lee, Juneyoung ^e   Bae, H J ^d   Gorelick, P B ^f  

^a Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMORRHAGIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84863256789     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318245d22c     Document Type: Article

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