Urine specific gravity as a predictor of early neurological deterioration in acute ischemic stroke

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-14

  Lin, L C ^a,b   Fann, W C ^a   Chou, M H ^a   Chen, H W ^a   Su, Y C ^a   Chen, J C ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELATIVE DENSITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; STROKE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 79958020565     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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