The measurement of serum fibrinogen levels in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1350-1352

  Omran, Mohammad T ^a   Asodollahi, Simin ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38849191931     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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