Elevated factor XIII level and the risk of myocardial infarction in women

Haematologica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-288

  Bereczky, Zsuzsanna ^a   Balogh, Emilia ^b   Katona, Éva ^a   Czuriga, István ^b   Édes, István ^b   Muszbek, László ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coronary sclerosis; Factor XIII; Myocardial infarction; Women

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK FACTOR; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FACTOR XIII; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947513356     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10647     Document Type: Article

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