Ischaemic strokes and homozygosity for the α2 807T allele of the platelet collagen receptor in young monozygotic twins

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-85

  Maakaroun, Abdullah ^a   Regina, Sandra ^a   Delahousse, Benedicte ^a   Saudeau, Denis ^a   Gruel, Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Ischaemic; Platelets; Polymorphism; Stroke; Twins

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; THROMBOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTE MEMBRANE;

ADULT; ALLELES; BLOOD PLATELETS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA2BETA1; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0037274079     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-200301000-00015     Document Type: Article

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