Coagulation factor VII and the risk of coronary heart disease in healthy men

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1539-1544

  Junker, Ralf ^a   Heinrich, Jürgen ^b   Schulte, Helmut ^a   Van De Loo, Jürgen ^a   Assmann, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM SOLINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary risk factors; Myocardial infarction; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THROMBOGENESIS;

EID: 0030961173     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.8.1539     Document Type: Article

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