Infection and Brain-Induced Immunodepression After Acute Ischemic Stroke | Zendy

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Infection and Brain-Induced Immunodepression After Acute Ischemic Stroke

Author(s) -

Hedley Emsley,

Craig J. Smith,

Stephen J. Hopkins

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.500447

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , acute stroke , ischemic stroke , intensive care medicine , brain ischemia , ischemia , cardiology , mechanical engineering , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering

To the Editor:We read with great interest the recent review article by Chamorro et al.1 Understanding whether an anti-inflammatory response after acute ischemic stroke facilitates poststroke infection is clearly an important question. Poststroke infection is in itself an important independent contributor to poor outcome, and the potential introduction of new treatments modifying the …

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