The effects of alpha lipoic acid on cerebral vasospasm following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage in the rabbit

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 527-533

  Erdi, Mehmet Fatih ^a   Guney, Onder ^b   Kiyici, Aysel ^b   Esen, Hasan ^b  

^a MH Afsin State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alpha lipoic acid; Rabbit; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855841777     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.Jtn.4431-11.1     Document Type: Article

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