Neuroprotection as initial therapy in acute stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-72

  Bogousslavsky, Julien ^a   De Keyser, Jacques ^b   Diener, Hans Christoph ^c   Fieschi, Cesare ^d   Hacke, Werner ^e,j   Kaste, Markku ^f   Orgogozo, Jean Marc ^g   Pulsinelli, William ^h   Wahlgren, Nils Gunnar ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j Department of Neurology ^*  (Germany)

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Author keywords

Acute ischaemic stroke; Clinical efficacy; Neuroprotection; Pharmaco economics; Safety; Therapeutic window

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INJURY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0031984137     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015817     Document Type: Review

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