Therapeutic Potential of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Acute Brain Injury
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Therapeutic Potential of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Acute Brain Injury
Acute ischemic and traumatic injury of the central nervous system (CNS) is known to induce a cascade of inflammatory events that lead to secondary tissue damage. In particular, the sterile inflammatory response in stroke has been intensively investigated in the last decade, and numerous experimental studies demonstrated the neuroprotective potential of a targeted modulation of the immune system...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Immunology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1664-3224
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00875