A common thrombomodulin amino acid dimorphism is associated with myocardial infarction

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 248-251

  Norlund, Lena ^a   Holm, Johan ^a   Zöller, Bengt ^a   Öhlin, Ann Kristin ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; THROMBOMODULIN; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0031056791     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1655947     Document Type: Article

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