Increased neopterin levels and its association with angiographic variables in patients with slow coronary flow: An observational study;Yavaş koroner akımlı hastalarda artmış neopterin düzeyleri ve anjiyografik deǧişkenlerle birlikteliǧi: Gözlemsel bir çalışma

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 692-697

  Varol, Ercan ^a   Gülcan, Mehmet ^a   Aylak, Firdevs ^a   Özaydin, Mehmet ^a   Sütçü, Recep ^a   Erdoǧan, Doǧan ^a   Doǧan, Abdullah ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

High sensitive C reactive protein; Neopterin; Regression analysis; Slow coronary flow

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; C REACTIVE PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPTERIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANK SUM TEST; SLOW CORONARY FLOW; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 83455166499     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/akd.2011.190     Document Type: Article

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