Admission C-reactive protein as a predictor for stroke outcome among candidates for thrombolysis: Decision adjourned [4]

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2454-

  Topakian, Raffi ^a   Haring, Hans Peter ^a   Aichner, Franz T ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY TEMPERATURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INFECTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749023577     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000240072.86151.af     Document Type: Letter

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