White blood cell count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate correlate with outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-144

  Balestrino, Maurizio ^a   Partinico, Daniela ^a   Finocchi, Cinzia ^a   Gandolfo, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ESR; Ischemic; Prognosis; Rankin scale; Stroke; WBC count

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011948807     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3057(98)80141-9     Document Type: Article

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