Frequency of the TAFI - 438 G/A and factor XIIIA Val34Leu polymorphisms in patients with objectively proven pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-445

  Zidane, Majida ^a   De Visser, Marieke C H ^b   Ten Wolde, Marije ^c   Vos, Hans L ^b   De Monyé, Wouter ^a   Bertina, Rogier M ^b   Huisman, Menno V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor XIII transglutaminases; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) carboxypeptidases

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8A; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA; FIBRIN; LEUCINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; THROMBIN ACTIVATABLE FIBRINOLYSIS INHIBITOR; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0141540684     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/th03-01-0035     Document Type: Article

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