Leukocytosis in acute pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1329-1332

  Afzal, Adnan ^a,b   Noor, Husam A ^a,b   Gill, Shazia A ^a,b   Brawncr, Clinton ^a,b   Stein, Paul D ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukocytosis; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary infarction; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032921444     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.5.1329     Document Type: Article

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