In children with moderate brain contusion, cortexin plus standard therapy reduced subjective symptoms compared with standard therapy alone.
In plain wordsIn children with brain contusion, cortexin plus standard therapy reduced subjective symptoms compared with standard therapy alone.
- Outcome
- DecreaseSubjective symptom severity
- Study
n = 74
- Comparator
- Standard therapy without cortexin
- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
There were a decrease in the severity of subjective symptoms (p<0,01) and focal neurological symptoms (p <0,001) as well as absence of acute waves to physical activity according to EEG results in the main group compared with the control group.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Seventy-four patients, aged 6-13 years, with a traumatic brain injury and a moderate brain contusion were examined.
Children of the main group received standard therapy and cortexin. Children of the control group received similar treatment without cortexin. Re-examination was carried out 30 days after the start of treatment.