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01-12-2018 | Editorial
An Update On Medical Treatment for Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Authors:
Xiang Li, Dongxia Feng, Gang Chen
Published in:
Translational Stroke Research
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Issue 6/2018
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Excerpt
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), as a kind of hemorrhage stroke, is characterized by high morbidity, mortality, and disability rates, which is a most serious disease in neurosurgery [
1,
2]. There are about 2 million new cases of ICH around the world every year, and the incidence is as high as 20~30% in Asia, which is a serious threat to human health [
3]. ICH is caused by the rupture of blood vessels, and blood flows into the surrounding brain parenchyma. As the global population ages, the incidence of ICH is predicted to increase. Therefore, understanding the pathogenesis of ICH and identification of novel targets are helpful to researchers for developing new drugs for ICH therapy. The aim of this editorial is to summarize the development of preclinical and clinical medical treatments for ICH. …