Journal article
The Levels of Inflammatory Markers in the Treatment of Stroke Study (Limits): Inflammatory Biomarkers as Risk Predictors after Lacunar Stroke
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Inflammation is increasingly recognised as playing a central role in atherosclerosis, and peripheral blood markers of inflammation have been associated with incident and recurrent cardiac events. The relationship of these potentially modifiable risk markers to prognosis after ischaemic stroke is less clear. The Levels of Inflammatory Markers in the Treatment of Stroke (LIMITS) study will address hypotheses related to the role of …
Authors
Elkind MSV; Luna JM; Coffey CS; McClure LA; Liu KM; Spitalnik S; Paik MC; Roldan A; White C; Hart R
Journal
International Journal of Stroke, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 117–125
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
April 2010
DOI
10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00420.x
ISSN
1747-4930