Alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke: The need for speed

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9958, 2014, Pages 1904-1906

  Hill, Michael D ^a,b,c   Coutts, Shelagh B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; TELEMEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; STROKE;

FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84919428535     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60662-0     Document Type: Note

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