To stroke or not to stroke: Is ICAM-1 or CRP the answer?

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1884-1885

  Tan, Kiat Tsong ^b   Blann, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0038038883     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.60.12.1884     Document Type: Editorial

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