Effects of the prophylactic use of escitalopram on the prognosis and the plasma copeptin level in patients with acute cerebral infarction

This study aimed to investigate whether the routine administration of escitalopram for three months would improve the prognosis of patients with ischemic stroke and decrease the plasma copeptin level. A total of 97 patients with acute cerebral infarction were randomly allocated to receive escitalopr...

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Main Authors: Jin-Xia Cao, Li Liu, Yun-Tao Sun, Qing-Hong Zeng, Yan Wang, Jie-Chun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2020-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2020001100607&tlng=en