Cerebral Arterial Spasm – A Controlled Trial of Nimodipine in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 308, Issue 11, 1983, Pages 619-624

  Allen, George S ^a,b,c,d,e   Ahn, Hyo S ^a,b,c,d,e   Preziosi, Thomas J ^a,b,c,d,e   Battye, Roy ^a,b,c,d,e   Boone, Stephen C ^a,b,c,d,e   Chou, Shelley N ^a,b,c,d,e   Kelly, David L ^a,b,c,d,e   Weir, Bryce K ^a,b,c,d,e   Crabbe, Ruth A ^a,b,c,d,e   Lavik, Paula J ^a,b,c,d,e   Rosenbloom, Shelley B ^a,b,c,d,e   Dorsey, Frank C ^a,b,c,d,e   Ingram, Charles R ^a,b,c,d,e   Mellits, David E ^a,b,c,d,e   Bertsch, Linda A ^a,b,c,d,e   Boisvert, Donald P J ^a,b,c,d,e   Hundley, Mary B ^a,b,c,d,e   Johnson, Rayetta K ^a,b,c,d,e   Strom, jo A ^a,b,c,d,e   Transou, Carole R ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE; PLACEBO;

BRAIN ARTERY SPASM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THERAPY;

EID: 0020660955     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198303173081103     Document Type: Article

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