The effect of NeuroAiD™ (MLC601) on cerebral blood flow velocity in subjects' post brain infarct in the middle cerebral artery territory

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 509-513

  Bavarsad Shahripour, Reza ^a   Shamsaei, Gholamreza ^a   Pakdaman, Hosein ^b   Majdinasab, Nastaran ^a   Nejad, Ehsan Mohammadiani ^a   Sajedi, Seyed Aidin ^a   Norouzi, Mehdi ^a   Hemmati, Ahmad ^a   Manouchehri, Reza Haj ^a   Shiravi, Abolfazl ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain infarct; Ischemic; Mean blood flow velocity; Middle cerebral artery; Neuroplasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MLC 601; NEUROAID; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 80052963932     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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