Texas Researchers Assessing Safety, Dosage of Clot-buster for Pediatric Ischemic Stroke

A team at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are researching the correct dosage and safety of a clot-buster for children with acute ischemic stroke, which accounts for 50 percent of pediatric strokes.  “No one knows how kids who have suffered a stroke will respond to this type of treatment and we don’t know what the correct dosage might be, so this will look at various doses,” says the study’s lead investigator. Click here to read the details of the study.