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Case Reports
. 2000 Aug;15(8):558.
doi: 10.1177/088307380001500813.

Successful treatment for stroke in a child using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

S S Thirumalai  1 , R A Shubin
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Successful treatment for stroke in a child using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

S S Thirumalai et al. J Child Neurol. 2000 Aug.

Abstract

Stroke in childhood is often catastrophic, with major sequelae. We report the first successful use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for arterial stroke in a child. The patient recovered with no neurologic deficit.

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