Low dose flunarizine protects the fetal brain from ischemic injury in sheep

Pediatric Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-282

  Berger, Richard ^a,b   Lehmann, Tina ^a   Karcher, Jochen ^a   Garnier, Yves ^a   Jensen, Arne ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUNARIZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0031868298     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199809000-00003     Document Type: Article

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