Inherited bleeding disorders in Indian women with menorrhagia

Haemophilia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-196

  Saxena, Renu ^a   Gupta, M ^a   Gupta, P K ^a   Kashyap, R ^a   Choudhry, V P ^a   Bhargava, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bleeding disorders; Coagulation disorders; Females; Inherited

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; COLLAGEN; PROTHROMBIN; RISTOCETIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERNARD SOULIER DISEASE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GLANZMANN DISEASE; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENORRHAGIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 0037366739     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2003.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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