Plasma Fibrinogen - An Independent Risk Factor for Ischaemic Heart Disease

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-48

  Jose, Jacob ^a   Selvakumar, Dhayakani ^a   Selvakumar, R ^a   Kanagasapabathy, A S ^a   Jeyaseelan, L ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031643781     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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