Plasma protein Z and protein C inhibitors and their role in hypercoagulability of thalassemia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 136-140

  Del Vecchio, Giovanni Carlo ^a   Nigro, Antonia ^a   Giordano, Paola ^a   Schettini, Federico ^a   Altomare, Maria ^a   Pietrapertosa, Anna ^a   De Mattia, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coagulation factor inhibitors; Hypercoagulability; Protein C; Protein Z; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 3; PROTEIN C; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITHROMBIN III; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35548995027     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107924     Document Type: Article

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