title: Platelet adhesiveness and fibrinolysis after recent cerebro-vascular accidents and their relationship with subsequent deep venous thrombosis of the legs.
abstract: In fifteen patients with a cerebro-vascular accident resulting in an acute hemiplegia there was a subsequent rise in the platelet count and plasma fibrinogen level. There were no significant alterations in platelet adhesiveness, plasminogen activator, plasminogen, FR-antigen and haematocrit. Patients diagnosed as developing deep venous thrombosis with the 125I-fibrinogen technique had a significantly lower platelet adhesiveness and plasminogen level than those who were not.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001792:Blood Platelets; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010973:Platelet Adhesiveness; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen