Copeptin: A novel, independent prognosti
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Mira Katan; Felix Fluri; Nils G. Morgenthaler; Philipp Schuetz; Christian Zweife
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Objective: Early prediction of outcome in patients with ischemic stroke is important. Vasopressin is a stress hormone. Its production rate is mirrored in circulating levels of copeptin, a fragment of provasopressin. We evaluated the prognostic value of copeptin in acute stroke patients. Methods: In