Repeated intravenous thrombolysis after recurrent stroke. A case series and review of the literature

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 181-183

  Cappellari, Manuel ^a   Moretto, Giuseppe ^a   Bovi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alteplase; Fibrinolysis; Recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator; Recurrent stroke; Repeated; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; AGED; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84908210645     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.07.039     Document Type: Article

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