Efficacy and safety of oral citicoline in acute ischemic stroke: Drug surveillance study in 4,191 cases

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-176

  Cho, H J ^a   Kim, Yong Jae ^b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Ischemic stroke; Oral citicoline; Safety; Somazina

Indexed keywords

CITICOLINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILL; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RASH; RECURRENT BRAIN INFARCTION; RESPIRATORY DISCOMFORT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION OF PARALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TINGLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; KOREA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STROKE; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE CHOLINE; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70249125882     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2009.31.3.1364241     Document Type: Article

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