Haemostatic abnormalities, cardiac involvement and serum tumor necrosis factor levels in X-linked dystrophic patients

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 543-546

  Porreca, Ettore ^a   Guglielmi, Maria Domenica ^b   Uncini, Antonino ^b   Gregorio, Patrizia Di ^b   Angelini, Antonio ^b   Febbo, Concetta Di ^b   Pierdomenico, Sante Donato ^b   Baccante, Giovanna ^b   Cuccurullo, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PROCOAGULANT; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EMBOLISM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOSIS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0032929087     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614521     Document Type: Article

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