Use of thrombolytic therapy in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis with ulcerative colitis
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The use of thrombolytic agents to rapidly lyse the clot has emerged as a therapeutic modality, in concert with interventional neuroradiologic approaches to deliver the agent locally at the site of thrombosis.There are no randomized, double blind, placebo, controlled trials to support thrombolysis as a first line therapy in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis compared to standard ther...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0972-2327
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.93276