Effect of progesterone administration on prognosis of patients with diffuse axonal injury due to severe head trauma

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2019-2022

  Shakeri, Moslem ^a   Boustani, Mohammad Reza ^a   Pak, Neda ^b   Panahi, Farid ^c,d   Salehpour, Firouz ^a   Lotfinia, Iraj ^a   Meshkini, Ali ^a   Daghighi, Shadi ^d   Vahedi, Payman ^e   Khani, Mehdi ^d   Taghiloo, Dariush ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diffuse axonal injury; Glasgow coma scale; Neuro protective agent; Progesterone; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION;

DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; NEURO-PROTECTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROGESTERONE; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884531895     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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