Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate: diabolical hormone or epiphenomenon in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage?

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  • Santosh B. Murthy
  • Neeraj S. Naval
چکیده

Inflammation is purported to play an important role in the clinical course of subarachnoid hemorrhage. The current study by Höllig et al. entails using dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, a hormone that inhibits key inflammatory pathways, as a predictor of functional outcome in these patients.

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دوره 19  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015