Intracranial bleeding associated with urokinase therapy for acute ischemic hemispheral stroke.

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Abstract
Four patients undergoing urokinase infusion therapy for acute occlusive cerebrovascular disease had intracerebral hemorrhage in the ischemic hemisphere. Three patients died during the acute phase of their illness and an autopsy was performed on two. The pathogenesis of cerebral bleeding in these case reports is discussed.