Haemostatic and rheological factors in intermittent claudication: The influence of smoking and extent of arterial disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 226-230

  Lee, Amanda J ^a   Fowkeks, Gerald R ^a   Rattray, Anna ^a   Rumley, Ann ^b   Lowe, Gordon D O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial pressure index; Cigarette smoking; Haemostatic factors; Intermittent claudication; Rheology

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030040215     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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