High FVIII Level Is Associated with Idiopathic Portal Vein Thrombosis in South India

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Koshy, Abraham ^a   Jeyakumari, Mary ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Genetics; Human genetic polymorphism; Portal Hypertension

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34248546395     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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