Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospitalmortality following acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 945-948

  Furman, Mark I ^a   Becker, Richard C ^a   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Savegeau, Judith ^a   Gore, Joel M ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030587949     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00473-0     Document Type: Article

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