Sex and Hemisphere - A Neglected, Nature-Determined Relationship in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 59-66

  Hametner, Christian ^a   Ringleb, Peter ^a   Kellert, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Brain connectivity; Coarsened exact matching; Hemisphere; Intravenous thrombolysis; Left hemispheric stroke; Right hemispheric stroke; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN; DISABILITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TIME FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRUM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937790245     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000430999     Document Type: Article

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