Recent respiratory infection predicts atherothrombotic stroke: Case-control study in a buenos aires healthcare system

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1986-1990

  Zurrú, María Cristina ^a,c   Alonzo, Claudia ^a   Brescacín, Laura ^a   Romano, Marina ^a   Cámera, Luis Alberto ^a   Waisman, Gabriel ^a   Cristiano, Edgardo ^a   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Infection; Inflammation; Ischemic; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ARGENTINA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 66849117040     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.535559     Document Type: Article

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