Does pre-existing cognitive impairment no-dementia influence the outcome of patients treated by intravenous thrombolysis for cerebral ischaemia?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1412-1414

  Murao, Kei ^a   Bodenant, Marie ^a   Cordonnier, Charlotte ^a   Bombois, Stéphanie ^a   Hénon, Hilde ^a   Pasquier, Florence ^a   Bordet, Régis ^a   Leys, Didier ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT NO DEMENTIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDITY;

EID: 84888057008     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305281     Document Type: Letter

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