Protein Z in normal pregnancy

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 706-709

  Quack Loetscher, Katharina C ^a   Stiller, Ruth ^a   Roos, Malgorzata ^b   Zimmermann, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Longitudinal; Pregnancy; Protein Z

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; THROMBOSIS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 16844371157     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/th04-08-0532     Document Type: Article

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