Population
Patients with strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), and healthy control subjects
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May reflect platelet activation in stroke/TIA; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Plasma levels of platelet factor 4 and beta-thromboglobulin are significantly elevated in patients with strokes and TIAs, indicating a role for platelet activation in cerebrovascular disease.
Fisher et al. (1982) studied this question.
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