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Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. It is caused by an expansion of cytosine, adenine, guanine (CAG) repeats within the huntingtin (HTT) gene, which is located on chromosome 4. This pathological expansion of CAG repeats results in the production of a mutant huntingtin protein with an abnormally long polyglutamine […]

Jeffrey L Saver & Natan Bornstein, ESOC 2019 – ImpACT-24B

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Published Online: Jun 13th 2019

Trial investigators Jeffrey L Saver and Natan Bornstein share results and insights from the Implant for Augmentation of Cerebral Blood Flow Trial, Effectiveness and Safety in a 24 Hour Window (ImpACT-24B; NCT00826059). The aim of this international, randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled, pivotal trial was to determine whether sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation 8-24 h after acute ischaemic stroke improved functional outcome.

Content produced in Milan, Italy and shared with kind authorisation of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2019). 

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