Effect of ibudilast on non-specific symptoms in patients with chronic cerebral ischemia: Analysis of cerebral blood flow

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 277-282

  Inoue, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Harada, Mikio ^a  

^a Kumamoto Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAS 50847 11 5; Cerebral ischemia; Clinical study; Depression; Ibudilast; Ketas ; Phosphodiesterase inhibitors; Post stroke; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

IBUDILAST; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; JAPAN STROKE SCALE DEPRESSION SCALE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 46949094911     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296507     Document Type: Article

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