Progesterone for acute traumatic brain injury: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Zeng, Yunhui ^a   Zhang, Yujie ^a   Ma, Junpeng ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PHLEBITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84948982717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140624     Document Type: Article

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