Systemic infection and inflammation as trigger factors of ischemic stroke

Annals of Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-20

  Das, Sukdeb ^a   Ghosh, Kartick Chandra ^a   Pulai, Satyabrata ^a   Pulai, Debabrata ^a   Bhar, Debarati ^a   Gangopadhyay, Prasanta Kumar ^a  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; High sensitivity crp; Infection; Risk factors; Stroke triggers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79960129376     PISSN: 09727531     EISSN: 09763260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.1118106     Document Type: Article

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