Raffinée, a free radical scavenger, in the treatment of subacute stage brain and spinal cord lesions: A case report

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-108

  Chen, Hsin Ying ^a   Lin, Jer Min ^b   Lin, Chun Ching ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ziel Enterprise Co   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; SCAVENGER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0031637623     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X98000130     Document Type: Article

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