Relationship of endocarditis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and embolic signals in cancer with stroke

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-

  Bal, Simerpreet ^a   Menon, Bijoy ^a   Demchuk, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROEMBOLISM; NONBACTERIAL THROMBOTIC ENDOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84856202140     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22306     Document Type: Letter

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