Steroids Have No Role in Stroke Therapy

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 229-230

  Poungvarin, Niphon ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Corticosteroids; Dexamethasone; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346726094     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000105931.81723.26     Document Type: Short Survey

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