Soluble P selectin in peripheral vascular disease: Relationship to the location and extent of atherosclerotic disease and its risk factors

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 789-793

  Blann, A D ^a   Seigneur, M ^c   Boisseau, M R ^c   Taberner, D A ^b   McCollum, C N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Periphral vascular disease platelets; Soluble P selectin, smoking

Indexed keywords

PADGEM PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0030467314     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-199611000-00008     Document Type: Article

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