Endocrine Abstracts

Context and objective: GH and IGF1 both have neuroprotective and regenerative effects in experimental stroke. Our aim was to investigate whether the endogenous serum-IGF1 (s-IGF1) levels were correlated to recovery of functional independence in stroke patients.Subjects and methods: The analysis of s-IGF1 was performed in 400 patients of both sexes, aged 18–69 years old, and 40 controls previously included in the Sahlgrenska Academy Study on Ischemic...