Fibrinogen measurement to assess the risk of arterial thrombosis in individual patients: Not yet

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 635-637

  Lowe, Gordon D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BEZAFIBRATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CLOFIBRATE; CYTOKINE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MONITORING; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; ARTERY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ARTERIES; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23044478950     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01256.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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