High-dose thiamine improves fatigue after stroke: A report of three cases

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 683-685

  Costantini, Antonio ^a   Pala, Maria Immacolata ^a   Catalano, Maria Lucia ^a   Notarangelo, Cristiano ^a   Careddu, Pamela ^a  

^a Department of Neurological Rehabilitation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AGED; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SEVERITY SCALE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPLICATION; STROKE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84907003878     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2013.0461     Document Type: Article

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