Wake-up stroke and stroke of unknown onset: A critical review

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5 AUG, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wouters, Anke ^a,b   Lemmens, Robin ^a,b,c,d   Dupont, Patrick ^a,b,c   Thijs, Vincent ^a,b,c,d  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Vesalius Research Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis; Unknown onset stroke; Wake up stroke

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; FIBRINOGEN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

AROUSAL; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNKNOWN ONSET STROKE; WAKE UP STROKE;

EID: 84906509261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00153     Document Type: Review

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