C-reactive protein predicts further ischemic events in first-ever transient ischemic attack or stroke patients with intracranial large-artery occlusive disease

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2463-2468

  Arenillas, Juan F ^a,b   Álvarez Sabín, José ^a   Molina, Carlos A ^a   Chacón, Pilar ^a   Montaner, Joan ^a   Rovira, Álex ^a   Ibarra, Bernardo ^a   Quintana, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; C reactive protein; Outcome; Stenosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 0141819133     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000089920.93927.A7     Document Type: Article

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