Antiphospholipid antibodies, ischemic stroke in young adults, and calcium supplementation: A hypothesis

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 489-491

  Newmark, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Newmark, Harold L ^d,e   Marden, Linda A ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034131228     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.6.489     Document Type: Article

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