The efficacy of an abbreviated course of nimodipine in patients with good-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-206

  Toyota, Brian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; Nimodipine; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032908776     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.2.0203     Document Type: Article

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