Edaravone: A new therapeutic approach for the treatment of acute stroke

• Main Authors: Kiyoshi Kikuchi, Ko Ichi Kawahara, Naohisa Miyagi, Hisaaki Uchikado, Terukazu Kuramoto, Yoko Morimoto, Salunya Tancharoen, Naoki Miura, Kazunori Takenouchi, Yoko Oyama, Binita Shrestha, Fumiyo Matsuda, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Shinichiro Arimura, Kentaro Mera, Ko Ichi Tada, Narimasa Yoshinaga, Ryuichi Maenosono, Yoshiko Ohno, Teruto Hashiguchi, Ikuro Maruyama, Minoru Shigemori
• Other Authors: Yame General Hospital
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/29432
• Institution: Mahidol University

Acute stroke, including acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and acute hemorrhagic stroke, (AHS) is a common medical problem with particular relevance to the demographic changes in industrialized societies. In recent years, treatments for AIS have emerged, including thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activ...