Does the cognitive measure Cog-4 show improvement among patients treated with thrombolysis after acute stroke?

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 652-656

  Hajjar, Karim ^a   Fulton, Rachael L ^b   Diener, Hans Christoph ^a   Lees, Kennedy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Modified Rankin Scale; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COG 4 SCORE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MODIFIED RANKIN SCALE; OUTCOMES;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84888079869     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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