Hemorheologic profiles of plasma fibrinogen and blood viscosity from silent to acute and chronic cerebral infarctions

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Tsuda, Yoshiyasu ^a   Satoh, Kiyoto ^a   Kitadai, Masaya ^a   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Blood viscosity; Chronic stroke; Fibrinogen; Silent cerebral infarction

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0031579641     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)05309-9     Document Type: Article

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