Morbidity predictors in ischemic stroke

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-51

  Panicker, J N ^a,b   Thomas, M ^a,b   Pavithran, K ^a,b   Nair, D ^a,b   Sarma, P S ^a,b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute phase reaction; Arteriosclerosis; Barthel Index; C reactive protein; Cerebrovascular disorders; Inflammation; Ischemic; Stroke

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAZE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041803103     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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