Uric acid administration for neuroprotection in patients with acute brain ischemia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-176

  Chamorro, Ángel ^a   Planas, Anna M ^b   Muner, Dolors Soy ^a   Deulofeu, Ramon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INST D INVESTIGACIONS B   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; SCAVENGER; URIC ACID;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; REVIEW;

EID: 1342310870     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00324-4     Document Type: Article

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