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Riluzole for treating spasticity in patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury: Study protoc...

Riluzole for treating spasticity in patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury: Study protoc...

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Riluzole for treating spasticity in patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury: Study protocol in the phase ib/iib adaptive multicenter randomized controlled RILUSCI trial

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Riluzole for treating spasticity in patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury: Study protocol in the phase ib/iib adaptive multicenter randomized controlled RILUSCI trial

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2023-01, Vol.18 (1), p.e0276892

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Satisfactory treatment is often lacking for spasticity, a highly prevalent motor disorder in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Low concentrations of riluzole potently reduce the persistent sodium current, the post-SCI increase in which contributes to spasticity. The repurposing of this drug may therefore constitute a useful potential therapeu...

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Full title

Riluzole for treating spasticity in patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury: Study protocol in the phase ib/iib adaptive multicenter randomized controlled RILUSCI trial

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2767424732

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2767424732

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0276892

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