Changes of liver enzymes and bilirubin during ischemic stroke: Mechanisms and possible significance

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Muscari, Antonio ^a,b   Collini, Andrea ^b   Fabbri, Elisa ^b   Giovagnoli, Marco ^b   Napoli, Chiara ^b   Rossi, Valentina ^b   Vizioli, Luca ^b   Bonfiglioli, Andrea ^a   Magalotti, Donatella ^a   Puddu, Giovanni M ^a   Zoli, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; C reactive protein; GOT; GPT; Ischemic stroke; Liver; GT

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOPIDOGREL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GESTAGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIVER ENZYME;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; STROKE;

EID: 84902381614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-122     Document Type: Article

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