Effectiveness of Kampo medicine Gorei-san-ryo for chronic subdural hematoma in very elderly patients

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 965-969

  Muramatsu, Masatoshi ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Hanabusa, Kenichiro ^a  

^a Yao Tokushukai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kuwana Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural hematoma; Conservative; Elderly; Gorei san; Kampo

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; GOREI SAN RYO; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAMPO; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO;

EID: 26644474562     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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