The Effect of Age and Sex on Clinical Outcome after Intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Treatment in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 312-316

  Buijs, Julie E ^a   Uyttenboogaart, Maarten ^a   Brouns, Raf ^b   De Keyser, Jacques ^b   Kamphuisen, Pieter Willem ^a   Luijckx, Gert Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; age difference; rtPA treatment; sex difference; stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGE DIFFERENCE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER AND SEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAL OF ORG 10172 IN ACUTE STROKE TREATMENT CLASSIFICATION; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959294392     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.09.035     Document Type: Article

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