Erythrocyte adhesiveness/aggregation: A novel biomarker for the detection of low-grade internal inflammation in individuals with atherothrombotic risk factors and proven vascular disease

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 260-267

  Berliner, Shlomo ^a,b   Rogowski, Ori ^a   Aharonov, Stanislav ^a   Mardi, Tamar ^a   Tolshinsky, Tatiana ^a   Rozenblat, Meirav ^a   Justo, Dan ^a   Deutsch, Varda ^a   Serov, Jack ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a   Zeltzer, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20044368974     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.05.058     Document Type: Article

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