Increase in plasma thrombomodulin level in patients with vibration syndrome

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Kanazuka, Masaru ^a   Shigekiyo, Toshio ^a   Toibana, Norikuni ^b   Saito, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Pediatrics   (Japan)

Author keywords

endothelial injury; thrombomodulin; vibration syndrome

Indexed keywords

THROMBOMODULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION DISEASE;

EID: 0029868349     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(96)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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