Admission leukocytosis in acute cerebral ischemia: Influence on early outcome

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 819-824

  Nardi, Katiuscia ^a   Milia, Paolo ^a   Eusebi, Paolo ^b   Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Caso, Valeria ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Authority of Umbria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; leukocyte count; neurologic outcome; stroke disability; stroke severity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868367172     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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