Crotalus helleri venom preconditioning reduces postoperative cerebral edema and improves neurological outcomes after surgical brain injury
Introduction: Postoperative cerebral edema is a devastating complication in neurosurgical patients. Loss of blood-brain barrier integrity has been shown to lead to the development of brain edema following neurosurgical procedures. The aim of this study was to evaluate preconditioning with Crotalus h...
Main Authors: | Cherine H. Kim, Devin W. McBride, Prativa Sherchan, Carl E. Person, Eric C.K. Gren, Wayne Kelln, Tim Lekic, William K. Hayes, Jiping Tang, John H. Zhang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-11-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996117300499 |
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