Higher serum triglyceride level in patients with acute ischemic stroke is associated with lower infarct volume on CT brain scans

European Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-92

  Pikija, Slaven ^a   Milevčić, Dražen ^a   Trkulja, Vladimir ^b   Kidemet Piskač, Spomenka ^a   Pavliček, Ivan ^a   Sokol, Nedeljko ^a  

^a I Mestrovica BB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Infarct volume; Serum triglyceride

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33646792986     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092780     Document Type: Article

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