Exclusion criteria for intravenous thrombolysis in stroke mimics: An observational study

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1140-1145

  Brunser, Alejandro M ^a   Illanes, Sergio ^a   Lavados, Pablo M ^a   Muñoz, Paula ^a   Cárcamo, Daniel ^a   Hoppe, Arnold ^a   Olavarria, Verónica V ^a   Delgado, Iris ^b   Díaz, Violeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Stroke; stroke mimics; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

STROKE; STROKE MIMICS; THROMBOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886042661     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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