Uric Acid Therapy Improves Clinical Outcome in Women With Acute Ischemic Stroke
Clinical Trials Friday, August 28th, 2015Stroke, 9 July 2015
Background and Purpose—It is unknown whether women and men with acute ischemic stroke respond similar to an antioxidant regimen administered in combination with thrombolysis. Here, we investigated the independent effect of sex on the response to uric acid (UA) therapy in patients with acute stroke treated with alteplase.…
Conclusions—In women with acute ischemic stroke treated with alteplase, the administration of UA reduced infarct growth in selected patients and was better than placebo to reach excellent outcome. Read more.
