Rational Basis for Clinical Translation in Stroke Therapy

• Author(s): Giuseppe Micieli, Diana Amantea,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 538
• ISBN_10: 1040212107
  ISBN_13: 9781040212103
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Pharmacology , Science / Chemistry / General , Science / Life Sciences / Neuroscience , Technology & Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical ,

Description:... Stroke remains one of the major causes of death and long-term disability worldwide. Currently, the only approved therapy for the acute treatment of this disease is thrombolysis, a strategy that can only be applied to a small percentage of patients due to its narrow therapeutic window. Unfortunately, during the last years numerous promising drugs th