Enhanced red blood cell aggregation unrelated to fibrinogen: A possible stroke mechanism in young patients

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 70-76

  Faber, C G ^a   Troost, J ^a   Vermes, I ^c   Lodder, J ^a   Kalsbeek Batenburg, E M ^c   Kessels, F ^b   Haanen, C ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Erythrocyte aggregation; Fibrinogen; Hemorheology; Red blood cell aggregation

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0030993453     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108170     Document Type: Article

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