Serum albumin at admission for prediction of functional outcome in ischaemic stroke patients

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 445-449

  Cho, Yoon Mi ^a   Choi, In Sung ^a   Bian, Ren Xiu ^a   Kim, Jae Hyung ^a   Han, Jae Young ^a   Lee, Sam Gyu ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Albumin; Assessment; Outcome; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GENDER; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149098053     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-1024-0     Document Type: Article

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