Protein C/S ratio, an accurate and simple tool to identify carriers of a protein C gene mutation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 615-618

  Libourel, Eduard J ^a   Meinardi, Johan R ^a   De Kam, Pieter Jan ^a   Veenstra, Rense ^a   Van Der Schaaf, Wim ^a   Ruiters, Marcel H J ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hereditary protein C deficiency; Normal ranges; Protein C gene mutations; Protein C S ratio; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036038707     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03597.x     Document Type: Article

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