Effect of nimodipine on acute ischemic stroke pooled results from five randomized trials

Stroke

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1990, Pages IV-81-IV-84

  Gelmers, Herman J ^a   Hennerici, Michael ^b  

^a TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mortality; Nimodipine

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NIMODIPINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025602265     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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