Table 2.

Procedures at each visit.

Procedure	Baseline	1 month	3 months	6 months	12 months
Informed consent	X
Education on injections	X	X	X
Glascow Outcome Scale Extended (GOS-E)			X	X	X
Disability Rating Scale (DRS)	X		X	X	X
Functional Independence Measure (FIM)	X		X	X	X
Neuropsych. battery				X	X
L-Arginine stimulation test	X				X
Glucose, free T4, lipid profile, and insulin	X	X	X	X	X
Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) levels	X	X	X	X	X
Medication compliance		X	X	X