Serum cholesterol levels do not influence outcome or recovery in acute ischemic stroke

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-84

  Von Büdingen, Hans Christian ^a,b   Baumgartner, Ralf W ^a   Baumann, Christian R ^a   Rousson, Valentin ^b   Siegel, Adrian M ^a   Georgiadis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Outcome; Recovery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING;

AGED; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 44449168070     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X228660     Document Type: Article

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