Safety Profile of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Treatment Among Stroke Patients Carrying a Common Polymorphism (C-1562T) in the Promoter Region of the Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Gene

Abstract
Background and Purpose— Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression, related to blood-brain barrier disruption, has been implicated in the appearance of hemorrhagic transformation (HT) after tiss...