Background and purpose Previous studies have reported conflicting results as to whether
women have poorer functional outcome than men after thrombolytic therapy. This study aims …

Abstract Background and Purpose: Sex differences in acute ischemic stroke have been
widely investigated, but the difference in acute ischemic stroke patients who received …

Background: Many studies have suggested that the clinical features of male patients with
ischemic stroke are different from those of female patients, but related data on Chinese …

Background and Purpose There is increasing recognition of the importance of stroke in
females to both clinical and public health. The natural course of stroke is worse in females …

Background and Purpose—Women are more likely to have a worse outcome after an acute
stroke than men. Some studies have suggested that women also benefit less from …

Background and Purpose—Women have a worse outcome after stroke compared with men,
although in intravenous thrombolysis (IVT)–treated patients, women seem to benefit more …

Background and purpose To examine sex differences in disease profiles and short-term
outcomes after acute ischemic stroke treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator …

The few studies analyzing gender differences in outcome after intravenous (IV) thrombolysis
for acute ischemic stroke report contradictory results (1,–5). While some suggest that women …

Background In a stroke population, women have a worse outcome than men when
untreated. In contrast, there is no significant difference in treated patients. In this study, we …

Background: A number of large trials have confirmed the benefits of thrombolysis in acute
stroke, but there are gender differences. We sought to examine the relationship between sex …