Drug combination treatment in patients with ALS: Current status and future directions

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Mitsumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Olney, Richard K ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHELATING AGENT; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DRUG VEHICLE; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PLACEBO; RILUZOLE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029826989     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.47.4_suppl_2.103s     Document Type: Article

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