A pilot observational study of the association between fatigue after stroke and C-reactive protein

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-12

  McKechnie, F ^a   Lewis, S ^a   Mead, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Fatigue; Inflammation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHASIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; STROKE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT T TEST; VENOUS BLOOD;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949521280     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2010.103     Document Type: Article

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