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Increased platelet count and leucocyte-platelet complex formation in acute symptomatic compared with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis.

McCabe, D J H
; 
Harrison, P
; 
Mackie, I J
; 
Sidhu, P S
; 
Purdy, G
; 
Lawrie, A S
; 
Watt, H
; 
Machin, S J
; 
Brown, M M
Author
McCabe, D J H
 Harrison, P
 Mackie, I J
 Sidhu, P S
 Purdy, G
 Lawrie, A S
 Watt, H
 Machin, S J
 Brown, M M
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Departments
University Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, The Royal Free Hospital Hampstead, Pond St, London NW3 2PF, England. d.mccabe@medsch.ucl.ac.uk
Date
2005-09
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Acute Disease
Aged
Aspirin
Carotid Stenosis
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents
Flow Cytometry
Humans
Leukocytes
Male
Platelet Activation
Platelet Count
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke
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Publisher
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10147/254548
Abstract
The risk of stroke in patients with recently symptomatic carotid stenosis is considerably higher than in patients with asymptomatic stenosis. In the present study it was hypothesised that excessive platelet activation might partly contribute to this difference.
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en
Citation
Increased platelet count and leucocyte-platelet complex formation in acute symptomatic compared with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis. 2005, 76 (9):1249-54 J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr.
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0022-3050
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DOI
10.1136/jnnp.2004.051003
PMID
16107361
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