Magnesium sulphate infusion for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) accounts for only 3-5% of all strokes but has the highest morbidity and mortality rates among all types of stroke. Experimental studies have confirmed that magnesium inhibits excitatory amino acid (EAA) release, blocks N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors a...

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Other Authors: Wong, Kwok Chu
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6075030
http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-344663