Measurements of endothelin-1, C-reactive protein and fibrinogen plasma levels in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 727-730

  Giannopoulos, Sotirios ^a   Kosmidou, Maria ^b   Hatzitolios, Apostolos I ^b   Savopoulos, Christos G ^b   Ziakas, Antonis ^b   Karamouzis, Michail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; C reactive protein; Endothelin 1; Fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBRINOGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 51649101852     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X297904     Document Type: Article

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