Platelet GP IIIa Pl(A) and GP Ib variable number tandem repeat polymorphisms and markers of platelet activation in acute stroke

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1124-1131

  Carter, A M ^a,c   Catto, A J ^a   Bamford, J M ^b   Grant, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Platelet factor 4; Platelets; Polymorphisms; thromboglobulin

Indexed keywords

BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; GLYCOPROTEIN IB; GLYCOPROTEIN IIIA; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0031878376     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.7.1124     Document Type: Article

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