The evolution of transcranial laser therapy for acute ischemic stroke, including a pooled analysis of NEST-1 and NEST-2

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Stemer, Andrew B ^a   Huisa, Branko N ^a   Zivin, Justin A ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Time window; Transcranial laser therapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DOUBLECORTIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLACEBO; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PATIENT SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANIMAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 77249116259     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-009-0071-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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