The role of conventional and some less conventional risk factors in the pathogenesis of acute ischemic stroke

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Bašić Kes, Vanja ^a   Šimundić, Ana Marija ^a   Vargek Solter, Vesna ^a   Topić, Elizabeta ^a   Demarin, Vida ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia physiopathology; C reactive protein analysis; Cerebrovascular disorders etiology; Leukocyte count; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; L SELECTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 23044495883     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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