Haemorrhagic transformation of a recent silent cerebral infarct during thrombolytic stroke treatment

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Slot, Karsten Bruins ^a   Berge, Eivind ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84897497587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0266     Document Type: Article

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