Changes in spleen size in patients with acute ischemic stroke: A pilot observational study

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 60-67

  Sahota, Preeti ^a   Vahidy, Farhaan ^a   Nguyen, Claude ^a   Bui, Thanh Tung ^a   Yang, Bing ^a   Parsha, Kaushik ^a   Garrett, Jennifer ^a   Bambhroliya, Arvind ^a   Barreto, Andrew ^a   Grotta, James C ^a   Aronowski, Jaroslaw ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^a   Savitz, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infarct; Inflammation; Spleen; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN SIZE; STROKE PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872792796     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12022     Document Type: Article

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