The influence of persistent hyperglycaemia on hyperfibrinogenaemia and hyperviscosity in diabetes mellitus

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 281-284

  Reid, Harvey L ^a   Vigilance, J ^a   Wright Pascoe, R A ^a   Choo Kang, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034573574     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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