Progesterone for traumatic brain injury - Resisting the sirens' song

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 2522-2523

  Schwamm, Lee H ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology TeleStroke and Acute Stroke Services Institute for Heart   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

EDITORIAL; EFFECT SIZE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SAMPLE SIZE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; MALE;

BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84920020062     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1412951     Document Type: Editorial

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