EPCR gene A3 haplotype and elevated soluble endothelial protein C receptor (sEPCR) levels in Turkish pediatric stroke patients

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-52

  Ulu, Arzu ^a   Gunal, Denizay ^a   Tiras, Serap ^a   Egin, Yonca ^a   Deda, Gülhis ^a   Akar, Nejat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A3 haplotype; EPCR gene; Pediatric stroke; sEPCR levels

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL PROTEIN C RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 34247108701     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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