Efficacy of the free radical scavenger, edaravone, for motor palsy of acute lacunar infarction

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 593-596

  Ohta, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Takamatsu, Kazuhiro ^a   Fukushima, Tomoko ^c   Ikegami, Satomi ^a   Takeda, Ikuko ^a   Ota, Taisei ^a   Goto, Katsuya ^a   Abe, Koji ^b  

^a Subaru Health Insurance Society Ota Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fukuyama Transporting Shibuya Longevity Health Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Edaravone; Free radical scavenger; Lacunar infarction; Motor palsy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ARGATROBAN; CILOSTAZOL; FREE RADICAL; HEPARIN; NORPHENAZONE; OZAGREL; SCAVENGER; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHENAZONE; PHENYLMETHYLPYRAZOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIPYRINE; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649736219     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1871     Document Type: Article

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