Citicoline in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: an international, randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled study (ICTUS trial).

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Published in Lancet on June 11, 2012

Authors

Antoni Dávalos1, José Alvarez-Sabín, José Castillo, Exuperio Díez-Tejedor, Jose Ferro, Eduardo Martínez-Vila, Joaquín Serena, Tomás Segura, Vitor T Cruz, Jaime Masjuan, Erik Cobo, Julio J Secades, International Citicoline Trial on acUte Stroke (ICTUS) trial investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain. adavalos.germanstrias@gencat.cat

Associated clinical trials:

ICTUS Study: International Citicoline Trial on Acute Stroke (ICTUS) | NCT00331890

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