Utility of Urinalysis in Discriminating Cardioembolic Stroke Mechanism
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Utility of urinalysis in discriminating cardioembolic stroke mechanism.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether elevated urine erythrocyte (red blood cell) and leukocyte (white blood cell) counts, reflecting concomitant renal and cerebral emboli of cardiac origin, would be useful in discriminating cardioembolic (CE) from non-CE stroke in acute ischemic stroke. DESIGN Consecutive patients presenting within 24 hours of ischemic stroke over 3(3/4) years were studied. Patient...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.5.667