C-reactive protein and blood pressure in the acute phase after an ischemic stroke [6]

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 839-

  Di Napoli, Mario ^a   Papa, Francesca ^a  

^a SMDN Center for Cardiovasc Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STROKE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0037383594     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000065101.20626.FE     Document Type: Letter

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