Effectiveness of Kampo medicine Gorei-san for chronic subdural hematoma

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 765-770

  Miyagami, Mitsusuke ^a,b   Kagawa, Yukihide ^a  

^a Sonoda Dai ichi Hospital   (Japan)

^b Takenotsuka Noshinkei Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural hematoma; Conservative treatment; CT; Gorei san; Kampo medicine

Indexed keywords

CARBAZOCHROME; GOREI SAN; KAMPO; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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

EID: 69749118317     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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