Effects of aspirin, clopidogrel and dipyridamole administered singly and in combination on platelet and leucocyte function in normal volunteers and patients with prior ischaemic stroke

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 527-534

  Zhao, Lian ^a   Fletcher, Sally ^a   Weaver, Chris ^a   Leonardi Bee, Jo ^a   May, Jane ^a   Fox, Sue ^a   Willmot, Mark ^a   Heptinstall, Stan ^a   Bath, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Clopidogrel; Dipyridamole; Ischaemic stroke; Platelets

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CD11B ANTIGEN; CLOPIDOGREL; COLLAGEN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELL STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONOCYTE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRIN; BLOOD PLATELETS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL ADHESION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; STROKE; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 15344342087     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH04-09-0559     Document Type: Article

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