Plasma levels of von Willebrand factor in the etiologic subtypes of ischemic stroke

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-281

  Hanson, E ^a,b   Jood, K ^a   Karlsson, S ^a,b   Nilsson, S ^c   Blomstrand, C ^a   Jern, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ischemic; Stroke; TOAST subtype; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOGENIC STROKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LARGE VESSEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL VESSEL DISEASE; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 79251579647     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.04134.x     Document Type: Article

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