Low protein Z levels in patients with peripheral arterial disease

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1114-1117

  Sofi, Francesco ^a   Cesari, Francesca ^a   Pratesi, Giovanni ^a   Cellai, Anna Paola ^a   Pulli, Raffaele ^a   Pratesi, Carlo ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a,b   Abbate, Rosanna ^a   Fedi, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Peripheral arterial disease; Protein Z

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BLOOD PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36048998258     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-04-0300     Document Type: Article

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