Outcomes of basilar artery occlusion in patients aged 75 years or older in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2341-2346

  Vergouwen, Mervyn D I ^a   Compter, Annette ^a   Tanne, David ^b   Engelter, Stefan T ^c   Audebert, Heinrich ^d   Thijs, Vincent ^e   De Freitas, Gabriel ^f   Algra, Ale ^a   Jaap Kappelle, L ^a   Schonewille, Wouter J ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Basilar artery occlusion; Mortality; Outcome; Recanalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BASILAR ARTERY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868208289     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6498-2     Document Type: Article

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