Pharmacological advance in the treatment of acute brain injury

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-95

  Tasker, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION TRANSPORT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032984713     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.1.90     Document Type: Review

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