Effects of L-arginine on the acute phase of strokes in three patients with MELAS

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 827-828

  Koga, Y ^a   Ishibashi, M ^a   Ueki, I ^a   Yatsuga, S ^a   Fukiyama, R ^a   Akita, Y ^a   Matsuishi, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MELAS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE;

EID: 0037066134     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.5.827     Document Type: Article

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