Plasma levels of inflammatory C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 predict outcome in elderly patients with stroke [5]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1586-1587

  Silvestri, Antonello ^a,b   Vitale, Cristiana ^a,b   Ferretti, Francesco ^a,b   Onorati, Daniela ^a,b   Fini, Massimo ^a,b   Rosano, Giuseppe M C ^a,b  

^a Res U Dept of Medical Sciences   (Italy)

^b Tosinvest Sanita   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STROKE; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4444285836     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52430_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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