Fibrinogen and mortality in chronic critical limb ischaemia

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-81

  Pedrinelli, R ^a   Dell'Omo, G ^a   Barchielli, A ^b   Berchiolli, R ^c   Melillo, E ^d   Mariani, M ^a   Balbarini, A ^a   Ferrari, M ^c  

^a Departments of Cardiol A P   (Italy)

^b Unitá Operativa di Riabilitazione   (Italy)

^c Unita Operativa di Microbiologia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical limb ischaemia; Fibrinogen; Peripheral arterial occlusive disease; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; ITALY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033007962     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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