Cerebrolysin effects on neurological outcomes and cerebral blood flow in acute ischemic stroke

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 2299-2306

  Amiri Nikpour, Mohammad Reza ^a   Nazarbaghi, Surena ^a   Ahmadi Salmasi, Babak ^a   Mokari, Tayebeh ^b   Tahamtan, Urya ^b   Rezaei, Yousef ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cerebrolysin; Ischemic stroke; Mean flow velocity; Neuroprotection; NIHSS; Pulsatility index

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEREBROLYSIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROPROTECTION; PULSATILITY INDEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919388511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S75304     Document Type: Article

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