Low levels of tissue factor rescue protein C-associated pregnancy failure in mice

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1815-1817

  Lay, A J ^a   Northway, C M ^a   Donahue, D L ^a   Castellino, Francis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENDOTHELIAL PROTEIN C RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN C; THROMBOPLASTIN;

EID: 52449095637     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03085.x     Document Type: Letter

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