Low plasma protein Z levels in patients with ischemic colitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1673-1676

  Koutroubakis, Ioannis E ^a   Theodoropoulou, Angeliki ^a   Sfiridaki, Aekaterini ^b   Kouroumalis, Elias A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anti phospholipid antibodies; Factor V Leiden mutation; Ischemic colitis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; BLOOD PROTEINS; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; DIVERTICULITIS; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0141427950     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025441405688     Document Type: Article

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