Association of red cell distribution width with the presence of coronary artery ectasia

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-205

  Guo, Yuan Lin ^a   Luo, Song Hui ^a,b   Tang, Yue ^a   Li, Jian Jun ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Fifth Hospital of Wuhan City   (China)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Coronary artery ectasia; Red cell distribution width

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84895817455     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2013.130130     Document Type: Article

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