Is the level of C-reactive protein correlated with the extent of carotid atherosclerosis?

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-80

  Benbir, Gulcin ^a   Bozluolcay, Melda ^a   Ince, Birsen ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; C reactive protein; Carotid artery atherosclerosis; Intima to media thickness

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 22144473354     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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