Prevention of traumatic headache, dizziness and fatigue with creatine administration. A pilot study

Aim: The complex pathobiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) offers numerous targets for potential neuroprotective agents. We evaluate the clinical benefit after creatine (Cr) administration in children and adolescents

• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Acta paediatrica

• Publication date

  2007-12-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00529.xPMID 18053002PMCID 2583396
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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