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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Oct 31;27(3):555–562. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.09.048

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Patients with severe stroke (NIHSS≥17) experience a prolonged increase in cortisol (a) as well as an increase in the overall numbers of white blood cells (b), neutrophils (d) and monocytes (d). Severe strokes are also associated with a less prolonged decrease in the numbers of lymphocytes (e) and eosinophils (f). Statistics are by ANOVA; *P<0.05, *P<0.01.