Leukocyte-platelet aggregates in acute and subacute ischemic stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Marquardt, L ^a,b,c   Anders, C ^a   Buggle, F ^a   Palm, F ^a   Hellstern, P ^a   Grau, A J ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Flow cytometry; Ischemic stroke; Platelet leukocyte interactions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PLATELETS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; P-SELECTIN; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650498369     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228710     Document Type: Article

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