“…31 Similarly, well-tolerated administration, feasible treatment regimen, and improved neurologic outcomes have been reported in the individual studies. 14,21 As to the clinical and functional outcomes, some studies 15,16,[20][21][22]27 found that the G-CSF did not show any progress in clinical outcomes at 90 days, although trends toward improvement were noted in change in the NIHSS 15 and BI scores. 21 In other randomized, double-blind studies, [23][24][25][26]32 they detected within 7 days of stroke onset and observed that there was a consistent trend toward improvement in neurologic functional recovery in the intervention group.…”