Microembolic signals on transcranial doppler ultrasound are correlated with platelet activation markers, but not with platelet-leukocyte associates: A study in patients with acute stroke and in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Neurological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Ritter, Martin A ^a   Jurk, Kerstin ^a   Schriek, Carsten ^a   Nabavi, Darius G ^b   Droste, Dirk W ^c   Kehrel, Beate E ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Embolic stroke; Microembolic signalsplatelet leukocyte associates; P selectin

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE MEMBRANE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PLATELETS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; P-SELECTIN; PLATELET ACTIVATION; STROKE; THROMBOSPONDINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 60849094801     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X331590     Document Type: Article

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