Language improvement one week after thrombolysis in acute stroke

ConclusionsLesion size and initial aphasia severity are the main predictors of aphasia recovery one week after thrombolysis. A NIHSS composite verbal score seems to capture the global linguistic performance better than the language item alone.

Source: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - April 20, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: I. P. Martins, J. Fonseca, J. Morgado, G. Leal, L. Farrajota, A. C. Fonseca, T. P. Melo Tags: Original Article Source Type: research