Gamma-glutamyltransferase predicts functional impairment in elderly adults after ischemic stroke

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1040-1041

  D'Ambrosio, Daniele ^a,b   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^b,c   Della Morte, David ^d,e   Gallucci, Ferdinando ^f   Uomo, Generoso ^f   Rundek, Tatjana ^a   Abete, Pasquale ^b  

^a CARDINAL MASSAIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Division of Geriatrics   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LEUKOTRIENE C4; LEUKOTRIENE D4;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANKIN SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84879168191     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12299     Document Type: Letter

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