Evaluation of blood and serum markers in spinal cord injured patients with pressure sores

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-417

  Gurcay, Eda ^a   Bal, Ajda ^a   Gurcay, Ahmet G ^b   Cakci, Aytul ^a  

^a DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE ULCER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 67649160485     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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